# Big East Athletics Staff Directory

The Big East has 12 athletic departments covered by Whistle with 1,906 tracked staff positions as of 25 Oct 2026 (NCAA Division I): 601 coaches including 188 head coaches, 159 sport-operations staff, 29 video & analytics staff and 183 in athletics leadership. The largest department is University of Connecticut (291 positions).

_Data as of 25 Oct 2026._
Source: the official athletics staff directories of the 12 schools listed, each re-read on a rolling schedule; newest refresh 25 Oct 2026. Whistle covers 1,098 NCAA departments in total.
_Canonical URL: https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-east_

## The Big East at a glance

- **Schools covered:** 12
- **Division:** NCAA Division I
- **States:** Connecticut, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Wisconsin
- **Tracked staff positions:** 1,906
- **Positions with a published or inferred email:** 1,721 (90%)
- **Newest directory refresh:** 25 Oct 2026

## Which schools are in the Big East?

| School | Division | Location | Tracked positions | Directory verified |
| --- | --- | --- | ---: | --- |
| [Butler University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/butler) | Division I | Indianapolis, Indiana | 163 | 2026-10-25 |
| [Creighton University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/creighton) | Division I | Omaha, Nebraska | 135 | 2026-10-25 |
| [DePaul University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/depaul) | Division I | Chicago, Illinois | 128 | 2026-10-25 |
| [Georgetown University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/georgetown) | Division I | Washington, District of Columbia | 163 | 2026-10-25 |
| [Marquette University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/marquette) | Division I | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | 122 | 2026-10-25 |
| [Providence College](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/providence) | Division I | Providence, Rhode Island | 183 | 2026-10-25 |
| [Seton Hall University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/setonhall) | Division I | South Orange, New Jersey | 108 | 2026-10-25 |
| [St. John's University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/stjohns) | Division I | Queens, New York | 144 | 2026-10-25 |
| [St. John's University (N.Y.)](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/st-johns-ny) | Division I | Queens, New York | 130 | 2026-10-22 |
| [University of Connecticut](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/uconn) | Division I | Storrs, Connecticut | 291 | 2026-10-25 |
| [Villanova University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/villanova) | Division I | Villanova, Pennsylvania | 224 | 2026-10-25 |
| [Xavier University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/xavier) | Division I | Cincinnati, Ohio | 115 | 2026-10-25 |

## How are Big East athletics staff distributed by role?

Across the 12 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 | 188 | 10% |
| All coaches (head, associate, assistant, coordinators) | 601 | 32% |
| Sport operations, recruiting & equipment | 159 | 8% |
| Video & analytics | 29 | 2% |
| Strength & conditioning, athletic training, sports science | 249 | 13% |
| Athletics directors, senior leadership & sport administrators | 183 | 10% |

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## Other NCAA Division I conferences

- [ACC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/acc) — 19 schools, 6,619 positions
- [Big Ten](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-ten) — 18 schools, 7,072 positions
- [Big Sky](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-sky) — 16 schools, 1,959 positions
- [SEC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/sec) — 16 schools, 5,906 positions
- [Atlantic 10](https://gowhistle.io/directory/atlantic-10) — 15 schools, 1,937 positions
- [Big 12](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-12) — 15 schools, 4,514 positions
- [CAA](https://gowhistle.io/directory/caa) — 14 schools, 1,895 positions
- [Southern Intercollegiate Athletic](https://gowhistle.io/directory/southern-intercollegiate-athletic) — 14 schools, 566 positions
- [AAC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/aac) — 13 schools, 2,434 positions
- [ASUN](https://gowhistle.io/directory/asun) — 13 schools, 1,421 positions

## Frequently asked questions

**How many athletics staff work in the Big East?**

1,906 tracked positions across 12 covered athletic departments as of 25 Oct 2026, of which 601 are coaching roles and 183 are athletics-director or sport-administrator roles.

**Which Big East school has the largest athletic department?**

University of Connecticut lists 291 staff positions in its official athletics directory (verified 25 Oct 2026), the most in the Big East among covered schools.

**Where does this conference data come from?**

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](https://gowhistle.io/remove-my-info).

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