# 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. _Canonical URL: https://gowhistle.io/directory/empire-8_ ## 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](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/alfred) | Division III | Alfred, New York | 104 | 2026-10-14 | | [Elmira College](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/elmira) | Division III | Elmira, New York | 57 | 2026-10-14 | | [Hartwick College](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/hartwick) | — | Oneonta, New York | 74 | 2026-10-14 | | [Houghton College](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/houghton) | Division III | Houghton, New York | 45 | 2026-10-14 | | [Keuka College](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/keuka) | Division III | Keuka Park, New York | 50 | 2026-10-14 | | [Nazareth College](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/nazareth) | — | Rochester, New York | 107 | 2026-10-15 | | [SUNY Polytechnic Institute](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/sunyit) | Division III | Utica, New York | 45 | 2026-10-15 | | [SUNY, Geneseo](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/suny-geneseo) | Division III | Geneseo, New York | 66 | 2026-10-15 | | [St. John Fisher University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/st-john-fisher) | Division III | Rochester, New York | 109 | 2026-10-15 | | [The Sage Colleges](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/sage-colleges) | Division III | Troy, New York | 27 | 2026-10-15 | | [Utica College](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/utica) | 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% | ## Selling into the Empire 8? - [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 III conferences - [Great Northeast Athletic](https://gowhistle.io/directory/great-northeast-athletic) — 14 schools, 724 positions - [Independent](https://gowhistle.io/directory/independent) — 14 schools, 640 positions - [Northern Athletics Collegiate](https://gowhistle.io/directory/northern-athletics-collegiate) — 13 schools, 885 positions - [South Atlantic](https://gowhistle.io/directory/south-atlantic) — 13 schools, 1,014 positions - [Old Dominion Athletic](https://gowhistle.io/directory/old-dominion-athletic) — 12 schools, 869 positions - [Presidents' Athletic](https://gowhistle.io/directory/presidents-athletic) — 12 schools, 897 positions - [Skyline](https://gowhistle.io/directory/skyline) — 12 schools, 584 positions - [United East](https://gowhistle.io/directory/united-east) — 12 schools, 599 positions - [Conference of New England](https://gowhistle.io/directory/conference-of-new-england) — 11 schools, 678 positions - [Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic](https://gowhistle.io/directory/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](https://gowhistle.io/remove-my-info). Selling into the Empire 8? [Unlock every contact](https://gowhistle.io/pricing) — emails, phones and hiring alerts for all 11 departments, or [buy the conference as a one-time dataset](https://gowhistle.io/data). --- Whistle (Whistle Athletics) is a collegiate athletics sales-intelligence platform: staff directories, hiring signals and contact data for vendors selling into NCAA athletic departments. Public pages show counts and roles only, never personal contact details. Site summary: https://gowhistle.io/llms.txt