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Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Athletics Staff Directory

The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic has 10 athletic departments covered by Whistle with 927 tracked staff positions as of 15 Oct 2026 (NCAA Division II): 446 coaches including 155 head coaches, 31 sport-operations staff, 4 video & analytics staff and 57 in athletics leadership. The largest department is Davenport University (157 positions).

Data as of 15 Oct 2026.

Source: the official athletics staff directories of the 10 schools listed, each re-read on a rolling schedule; newest refresh 15 Oct 2026. Whistle covers 1,098 NCAA departments in total.

The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic at a glance

Schools covered: 10
Division: NCAA Division II
States: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin
Tracked staff positions: 927
Positions with a published or inferred email: 789 (85%)
Newest directory refresh: 15 Oct 2026

Which schools are in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic?

School	Division	Location	Tracked positions	Directory verified
Davenport University	Division II	Grand Rapids, Michigan	157	2026-10-14
Grand Valley State University	Division II	Allendale, Michigan	155	2026-10-14
Lake Superior State University	Division II	Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan	51	2026-10-15
Michigan Technological University	Division II	Houghton, Michigan	65	2026-10-14
Northern Michigan University	Division II	Marquette, Michigan	77	2026-10-15
Purdue University Northwest	Division II	Hammond, Indiana	63	2026-10-15
Roosevelt University	Division II	Chicago, Illinois	84	2026-10-15
Saginaw Valley State University	Division II	University Center, Michigan	95	2026-10-15
University of Wisconsin, Parkside	Division II	Kenosha, Wisconsin	68	2026-10-15
Wayne State University	Division II	Detroit, Michigan	112	2026-10-15

How are Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic 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	155	17%
All coaches (head, associate, assistant, coordinators)	446	48%
Sport operations, recruiting & equipment	31	3%
Video & analytics	4	0%
Strength & conditioning, athletic training, sports science	109	12%
Athletics directors, senior leadership & sport administrators	57	6%

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Other NCAA Division II conferences

Lone Star — 18 schools, 1,039 positions
Pennsylvania State Athletic — 17 schools, 1,253 positions
Carolinas — 16 schools, 933 positions
Great Lakes Valley — 15 schools, 1,159 positions
Northern Sun Intercollegiate — 15 schools, 1,222 positions
Rocky Mountain Athletic — 15 schools, 949 positions
California Collegiate Athletic Association — 14 schools, 703 positions
Independent — 14 schools, 640 positions
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic — 14 schools, 566 positions
Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association — 13 schools, 975 positions

Frequently asked questions

How many athletics staff work in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic?

927 tracked positions across 10 covered athletic departments as of 15 Oct 2026, of which 446 are coaching roles and 57 are athletics-director or sport-administrator roles.

Which Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic school has the largest athletic department?

Davenport University lists 157 staff positions in its official athletics directory (verified 14 Oct 2026), the most in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic 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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