# Big Sky Athletics Staff Directory

The Big Sky has 16 athletic departments covered by Whistle with 1,959 tracked staff positions as of 27 Oct 2026 (NCAA Division I): 707 coaches including 205 head coaches, 166 sport-operations staff, 62 video & analytics staff and 139 in athletics leadership. The largest department is University of California, Davis (181 positions).

_Data as of 27 Oct 2026._
Source: the official athletics staff directories of the 16 schools listed, each re-read on a rolling schedule; newest refresh 27 Oct 2026. Whistle covers 1,098 NCAA departments in total.
_Canonical URL: https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-sky_

## The Big Sky at a glance

- **Schools covered:** 16
- **Division:** NCAA Division I
- **States:** Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington
- **Tracked staff positions:** 1,959
- **Positions with a published or inferred email:** 1,633 (83%)
- **Newest directory refresh:** 27 Oct 2026

## Which schools are in the Big Sky?

| School | Division | Location | Tracked positions | Directory verified |
| --- | --- | --- | ---: | --- |
| [California Polytechnic State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/cal-poly) | Division I | San Luis Obispo, California | 143 | 2026-10-24 |
| [California State University, Sacramento](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/sacramentostate) | Division I | Sacramento, California | 156 | 2026-10-25 |
| [Eastern Washington University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/easternwash) | Division I | Cheney, Washington | 99 | 2026-10-24 |
| [Idaho State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/idahostate) | Division I | Pocatello, Idaho | 114 | 2026-10-24 |
| [Montana State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/montanastate) | Division I | Bozeman, Montana | 114 | 2026-10-24 |
| [Montana State University-Bozeman](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/montana-st) | Division I | Bozeman, Montana | 110 | 2026-10-22 |
| [Northern Arizona University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/northernarizona) | Division I | Flagstaff, Arizona | 115 | 2026-10-25 |
| [Portland State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/portlandstate) | Division I | Portland, Oregon | 92 | 2026-10-24 |
| [Sacramento State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/sacramento-st) | Division I | Sacramento, California | 157 | 2026-10-22 |
| [Southern Utah University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/southernutah) | Division I | Cedar City, Utah | 122 | 2026-10-25 |
| [University of California, Davis](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/ucdavis) | Division I | Davis, California | 181 | 2026-10-25 |
| [University of Idaho](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/idaho) | Division I | Moscow, Idaho | 108 | 2026-10-25 |
| [University of Montana](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/montana) | Division I | Missoula, Montana | 119 | 2026-10-24 |
| [University of Northern Colorado](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/northerncolorado) | Division I | Greeley, Colorado | 107 | 2026-10-25 |
| [Utah Tech University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/utah-tech) | Division I | St. George, Utah | 113 | 2026-10-22 |
| [Weber State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/webstate) | Division I | Ogden, Utah | 109 | 2026-10-27 |

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

Across the 16 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 | 205 | 10% |
| All coaches (head, associate, assistant, coordinators) | 707 | 36% |
| Sport operations, recruiting & equipment | 166 | 8% |
| Video & analytics | 62 | 3% |
| Strength & conditioning, athletic training, sports science | 270 | 14% |
| Athletics directors, senior leadership & sport administrators | 139 | 7% |

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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
- [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
- [MAAC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/maac) — 13 schools, 1,308 positions

## Frequently asked questions

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

1,959 tracked positions across 16 covered athletic departments as of 27 Oct 2026, of which 707 are coaching roles and 139 are athletics-director or sport-administrator roles.

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

University of California, Davis lists 181 staff positions in its official athletics directory (verified 25 Oct 2026), the most in the Big Sky 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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