# Big Ten Athletics Staff Directory

The Big Ten has 18 athletic departments covered by Whistle with 7,072 tracked staff positions as of 27 Oct 2026 (NCAA Division I): 1,421 coaches including 332 head coaches, 717 sport-operations staff, 202 video & analytics staff and 542 in athletics leadership. The largest department is The Ohio State University (646 positions).

_Data as of 27 Oct 2026._
Source: the official athletics staff directories of the 18 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-ten_

## The Big Ten at a glance

- **Schools covered:** 18
- **Division:** NCAA Division I
- **States:** California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Washington, Wisconsin
- **Tracked staff positions:** 7,072
- **Positions with a published or inferred email:** 5,126 (72%)
- **Newest directory refresh:** 27 Oct 2026

## Which schools are in the Big Ten?

| School | Division | Location | Tracked positions | Directory verified |
| --- | --- | --- | ---: | --- |
| [Indiana University Bloomington](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/indiana) | Division I | Bloomington, Indiana | 313 | 2026-10-24 |
| [Michigan State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/michiganstate) | Division I | East Lansing, Michigan | 324 | 2026-10-27 |
| [Northwestern University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/northwestern) | Division I | Evanston, Illinois | 312 | 2026-10-25 |
| [Pennsylvania State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/pennstate) | Division I | University Park, Pennsylvania | 488 | 2026-10-25 |
| [Purdue University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/purdue) | Division I | West Lafayette, Indiana | 362 | 2026-10-25 |
| [Rutgers University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/rutgers) | Division I | New Brunswick, New Jersey | 396 | 2026-10-25 |
| [The Ohio State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/ohiostate) | Division I | Columbus, Ohio | 646 | 2026-10-27 |
| [University of California, Los Angeles](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/ucla) | Division I | Los Angeles, California | 387 | 2026-10-22 |
| [University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/illinois) | Division I | Champaign, Illinois | 390 | 2026-10-27 |
| [University of Iowa](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/iowa) | Division I | Iowa City, Iowa | 321 | 2026-10-25 |
| [University of Maryland](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/maryland) | Division I | College Park, Maryland | 368 | 2026-10-24 |
| [University of Michigan](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/michigan) | Division I | Ann Arbor, Michigan | 501 | 2026-10-19 |
| [University of Minnesota](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/minnesota) | Division I | Minneapolis, Minnesota | 422 | 2026-10-27 |
| [University of Nebraska–Lincoln](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/nebraska) | Division I | Lincoln, Nebraska | 392 | 2026-10-25 |
| [University of Oregon](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/oregon) | Division I | Eugene, Oregon | 244 | 2026-10-24 |
| [University of Southern California](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/usc) | Division I | Los Angeles, California | 344 | 2026-10-25 |
| [University of Washington](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/washington) | Division I | Seattle, Washington | 401 | 2026-10-25 |
| [University of Wisconsin–Madison](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/wisconsin) | Division I | Madison, Wisconsin | 461 | 2026-10-25 |

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

Across the 18 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 | 332 | 5% |
| All coaches (head, associate, assistant, coordinators) | 1,421 | 20% |
| Sport operations, recruiting & equipment | 717 | 10% |
| Video & analytics | 202 | 3% |
| Strength & conditioning, athletic training, sports science | 1,006 | 14% |
| Athletics directors, senior leadership & sport administrators | 542 | 8% |

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## Other NCAA Division I conferences

- [ACC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/acc) — 19 schools, 6,619 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
- [MAAC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/maac) — 13 schools, 1,308 positions

## Frequently asked questions

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

7,072 tracked positions across 18 covered athletic departments as of 27 Oct 2026, of which 1,421 are coaching roles and 542 are athletics-director or sport-administrator roles.

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

The Ohio State University lists 646 staff positions in its official athletics directory (verified 27 Oct 2026), the most in the Big Ten 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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