# Big South Athletics Staff Directory The Big South has 9 athletic departments covered by Whistle with 824 tracked staff positions as of 27 Oct 2026 (NCAA Division I): 331 coaches including 121 head coaches, 67 sport-operations staff, 12 video & analytics staff and 50 in athletics leadership. The largest department is High Point University (105 positions). _Data as of 27 Oct 2026._ Source: the official athletics staff directories of the 9 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-south_ ## The Big South at a glance - **Schools covered:** 9 - **Division:** NCAA Division I - **States:** North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia - **Tracked staff positions:** 824 - **Positions with a published or inferred email:** 742 (90%) - **Newest directory refresh:** 27 Oct 2026 ## Which schools are in the Big South? | School | Division | Location | Tracked positions | Directory verified | | --- | --- | --- | ---: | --- | | [Charleston Southern University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/charlestonsouthern) | Division I | Charleston, South Carolina | 98 | 2026-10-27 | | [Gardner-Webb University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/gardnerwebb) | Division I | Boiling Springs, North Carolina | 93 | 2026-10-25 | | [High Point University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/highpoint) | Division I | High Point, North Carolina | 105 | 2026-10-25 | | [Longwood University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/longwood) | Division I | Farmville, Virginia | 98 | 2026-10-25 | | [Presbyterian College](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/presbyterian) | Division I | Clinton, South Carolina | 90 | 2026-10-25 | | [Radford University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/radford) | Division I | Radford, Virginia | 91 | 2026-10-25 | | [University of North Carolina at Asheville](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/uncasheville) | Division I | Asheville, North Carolina | 90 | 2026-10-25 | | [University of South Carolina Upstate](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/uscupstate) | Division I | Spartanburg, South Carolina | 73 | 2026-10-25 | | [Winthrop University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/winthrop) | Division I | Rock Hill, South Carolina | 86 | 2026-10-27 | ## How are Big South athletics staff distributed by role? Across the 9 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 | 121 | 15% | | All coaches (head, associate, assistant, coordinators) | 331 | 40% | | Sport operations, recruiting & equipment | 67 | 8% | | Video & analytics | 12 | 1% | | Strength & conditioning, athletic training, sports science | 116 | 14% | | Athletics directors, senior leadership & sport administrators | 50 | 6% | ## Selling into the Big South? - [Ticketing platforms](https://gowhistle.io/for/ticketing) — Reach the people who run college ticket offices - [Facilities & AV vendors](https://gowhistle.io/for/facilities-av) — Find the facilities, event and video staff behind every venue - [NIL service providers](https://gowhistle.io/for/nil-services) — Connect with the staff who run NIL and compliance programs - [Apparel & equipment brands](https://gowhistle.io/for/apparel) — Find equipment managers and licensing staff at every program - [Recruiting software](https://gowhistle.io/for/recruiting-software) — Reach recruiting and player personnel staff directly ## 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 South?** 824 tracked positions across 9 covered athletic departments as of 27 Oct 2026, of which 331 are coaching roles and 50 are athletics-director or sport-administrator roles. **Which Big South school has the largest athletic department?** High Point University lists 105 staff positions in its official athletics directory (verified 25 Oct 2026), the most in the Big South 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). 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