Coastal Carolina Officially Accepts Invitation To Join Sun Belt Conference

Coastal Carolina University officially accepted an invitation to join the Sun Belt Conference on Tuesday.

The Chanticleers, currently members of the Big South Conference, will join the Sun Belt for football in 2017, while they move all of their other varsity sports in a year earlier for the 2016-17 season.

Below is video of Coastal Carolina President David A. DeCenzo officially announcing that the Chanticleers athletic programs will join the Sun Belt Conference effective July 1, 2016, during a news conference at the HTC Student Convocation and Recreation Center, on Tuesday, along with a welcome from Sun Belt Conference Commissioner Karl Benson:

Below is Commissioner Benson's teleconference from Tuesday, regarding the new addition to the league: