The ACC has 19 athletic departments covered by Whistle with 6,619 tracked staff positions as of 27 Oct 2026 (NCAA Division I): 1,501 coaches including 344 head coaches, 746 sport-operations staff, 202 video & analytics staff and 573 in athletics leadership. The largest department is University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (473 positions).
Data as of 27 Oct 2026.
Source: the official athletics staff directories of the 19 schools listed, each re-read on a rolling schedule; newest refresh 27 Oct 2026. Whistle covers 1,098 NCAA departments in total.
| School | Division | Location | Tracked positions | Directory verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston College | Division I | Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts | 295 | 2026-10-24 |
| Clemson University | Division I | Clemson, South Carolina | 405 | 2026-10-25 |
| Duke University | Division I | Durham, North Carolina | 380 | 2026-10-24 |
| Florida State University | Division I | Tallahassee, Florida | 375 | 2026-10-24 |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | Division I | Atlanta, Georgia | 260 | 2026-10-25 |
| North Carolina State University | Division I | Raleigh, North Carolina | 352 | 2026-10-24 |
| Southern Methodist University | Division I | Dallas, Texas | 261 | 2026-10-25 |
| Stanford University | Division I | Stanford, California | 415 | 2026-10-25 |
| Syracuse University | Division I | Syracuse, New York | 267 | 2026-10-25 |
| University of California | Division I | Berkeley, California | 399 | 2026-10-25 |
| University of California, Berkeley | Division I | Berkeley, California | 403 | 2026-10-24 |
| University of Louisville | Division I | Louisville, Kentucky | 356 | 2026-10-24 |
| University of Miami | Division I | Coral Gables, Florida | 300 | 2026-10-22 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Division I | Chapel Hill, North Carolina | 473 | 2026-10-24 |
| University of Notre Dame | Division I | Notre Dame, Indiana | 364 | 2026-10-27 |
| University of Pittsburgh | Division I | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 297 | 2026-10-25 |
| University of Virginia | Division I | Charlottesville, Virginia | 332 | 2026-10-25 |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | Division I | Blacksburg, Virginia | 393 | 2026-10-25 |
| Wake Forest University | Division I | Winston-Salem, North Carolina | 292 | 2026-10-25 |
Across the 19 covered departments, roles derived from published job titles break down as follows (one position per person; people with several titles are counted once by their most sales-relevant role).
| Role group | Positions | Share of staff |
|---|---|---|
| Head coaches | 344 | 5% |
| All coaches (head, associate, assistant, coordinators) | 1,501 | 23% |
| Sport operations, recruiting & equipment | 746 | 11% |
| Video & analytics | 202 | 3% |
| Strength & conditioning, athletic training, sports science | 881 | 13% |
| Athletics directors, senior leadership & sport administrators | 573 | 9% |
6,619 tracked positions across 19 covered athletic departments as of 27 Oct 2026, of which 1,501 are coaching roles and 573 are athletics-director or sport-administrator roles.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill lists 473 staff positions in its official athletics directory (verified 24 Oct 2026), the most in the ACC among covered schools.
From the staff directories athletic departments publish on their official websites, read automatically on a rolling schedule (NCAA Division I roughly weekly, Division II and III every three to four weeks). Whistle never publishes names, emails or phone numbers on public pages; staff can remove their details at any time at gowhistle.io/remove-my-info.