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Empire 8 Athletics Staff Directory

The Empire 8 has 11 athletic departments covered by Whistle with 826 tracked staff positions as of 15 Oct 2026 (NCAA Division III): 494 coaches including 182 head coaches, 15 sport-operations staff, 3 video & analytics staff and 27 in athletics leadership. The largest department is Utica College (142 positions).

Data as of 15 Oct 2026.

Source: the official athletics staff directories of the 11 schools listed, each re-read on a rolling schedule; newest refresh 15 Oct 2026. Whistle covers 1,098 NCAA departments in total.

The Empire 8 at a glance

Schools covered: 11
Division: NCAA Division III
States: New York
Tracked staff positions: 826
Positions with a published or inferred email: 626 (76%)
Newest directory refresh: 15 Oct 2026

Which schools are in the Empire 8?

School	Division	Location	Tracked positions	Directory verified
Alfred University	Division III	Alfred, New York	104	2026-10-14
Elmira College	Division III	Elmira, New York	57	2026-10-14
Hartwick College	—	Oneonta, New York	74	2026-10-14
Houghton College	Division III	Houghton, New York	45	2026-10-14
Keuka College	Division III	Keuka Park, New York	50	2026-10-14
Nazareth College	—	Rochester, New York	107	2026-10-15
SUNY Polytechnic Institute	Division III	Utica, New York	45	2026-10-15
SUNY, Geneseo	Division III	Geneseo, New York	66	2026-10-15
St. John Fisher University	Division III	Rochester, New York	109	2026-10-15
The Sage Colleges	Division III	Troy, New York	27	2026-10-15
Utica College	Division III	Utica, New York	142	2026-10-15

How are Empire 8 athletics staff distributed by role?

Across the 11 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	182	22%
All coaches (head, associate, assistant, coordinators)	494	60%
Sport operations, recruiting & equipment	15	2%
Video & analytics	3	0%
Strength & conditioning, athletic training, sports science	73	9%
Athletics directors, senior leadership & sport administrators	27	3%

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Other NCAA Division III conferences

Great Northeast Athletic — 14 schools, 724 positions
Independent — 14 schools, 640 positions
Northern Athletics Collegiate — 13 schools, 885 positions
South Atlantic — 13 schools, 1,014 positions
Old Dominion Athletic — 12 schools, 869 positions
Presidents' Athletic — 12 schools, 897 positions
Skyline — 12 schools, 584 positions
United East — 12 schools, 599 positions
Conference of New England — 11 schools, 678 positions
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic — 11 schools, 873 positions

Frequently asked questions

How many athletics staff work in the Empire 8?

826 tracked positions across 11 covered athletic departments as of 15 Oct 2026, of which 494 are coaching roles and 27 are athletics-director or sport-administrator roles.

Which Empire 8 school has the largest athletic department?

Utica College lists 142 staff positions in its official athletics directory (verified 15 Oct 2026), the most in the Empire 8 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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