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Big West Athletics Staff Directory

The Big West has 10 athletic departments covered by Whistle with 1,161 tracked staff positions as of 27 Oct 2026 (NCAA Division I): 448 coaches including 138 head coaches, 84 sport-operations staff, 9 video & analytics staff and 105 in athletics leadership. The largest department is University of California, San Diego (181 positions).

Data as of 27 Oct 2026.

Source: the official athletics staff directories of the 10 schools listed, each re-read on a rolling schedule; newest refresh 27 Oct 2026. Whistle covers 1,098 NCAA departments in total.

The Big West at a glance

Schools covered: 10
Division: NCAA Division I
States: California
Tracked staff positions: 1,161
Positions with a published or inferred email: 1,070 (92%)
Newest directory refresh: 27 Oct 2026

Which schools are in the Big West?

School	Division	Location	Tracked positions	Directory verified
Cal State-Northridge	Division I	Northridge, California	119	2026-10-22
California State University, Bakersfield	Division I	Bakersfield, California	97	2026-10-22
California State University, Fullerton	Division I	Fullerton, California	101	2026-10-27
California State University, Long Beach	Division I	Long Beach, California	110	2026-10-25
California State University, Northridge	Division I	Northridge, California	118	2026-10-25
Long Beach State University	Division I	Long Beach, California	110	2026-10-22
University of California, Irvine	Division I	Irvine, California	145	2026-10-27
University of California, Riverside	Division I	Riverside, California	80	2026-10-25
University of California, San Diego	Division I	La Jolla, California	181	2026-10-27
University of California, Santa Barbara	Division I	Santa Barbara, California	100	2026-10-25

How are Big West athletics staff distributed by role?

Across the 10 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	138	12%
All coaches (head, associate, assistant, coordinators)	448	39%
Sport operations, recruiting & equipment	84	7%
Video & analytics	9	1%
Strength & conditioning, athletic training, sports science	142	12%
Athletics directors, senior leadership & sport administrators	105	9%

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Other NCAA Division I conferences

ACC — 19 schools, 6,619 positions
Big Ten — 18 schools, 7,072 positions
Big Sky — 16 schools, 1,959 positions
SEC — 16 schools, 5,906 positions
Atlantic 10 — 15 schools, 1,941 positions
Big 12 — 15 schools, 4,518 positions
CAA — 14 schools, 1,897 positions
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic — 14 schools, 566 positions
AAC — 13 schools, 2,434 positions
ASUN — 13 schools, 1,421 positions

Frequently asked questions

How many athletics staff work in the Big West?

1,161 tracked positions across 10 covered athletic departments as of 27 Oct 2026, of which 448 are coaching roles and 105 are athletics-director or sport-administrator roles.

Which Big West school has the largest athletic department?

University of California, San Diego lists 181 staff positions in its official athletics directory (verified 27 Oct 2026), the most in the Big West 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.

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