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Great Northwest Athletic Athletics Staff Directory

The Great Northwest Athletic has 10 athletic departments covered by Whistle with 534 tracked staff positions as of 22 Oct 2026 (NCAA Division II): 273 coaches including 93 head coaches, 15 sport-operations staff, 0 video & analytics staff and 34 in athletics leadership. The largest department is Central Washington University (81 positions).

Data as of 22 Oct 2026.

Source: the official athletics staff directories of the 10 schools listed, each re-read on a rolling schedule; newest refresh 22 Oct 2026. Whistle covers 1,098 NCAA departments in total.

The Great Northwest Athletic at a glance

Schools covered: 10
Division: NCAA Division II
States: Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington
Tracked staff positions: 534
Positions with a published or inferred email: 444 (83%)
Newest directory refresh: 22 Oct 2026

Which schools are in the Great Northwest Athletic?

School	Division	Location	Tracked positions	Directory verified
Central Washington University	Division II	Ellensburg, Washington	81	2026-10-14
Montana St. University Billings	Division II	Billings, Montana	44	2026-10-15
Northwest Nazarene University	Division II	Nampa, Idaho	70	2026-10-15
Saint Martin's University	Division II	Lacey, Washington	53	2026-10-15
Seattle Pacific University	Division II	Seattle, Washington	37	2026-10-15
Simon Fraser University	—	—	60	2026-10-22
University of Alaska-Anchorage	Division II	Anchorage, Alaska	43	2026-10-13
University of Alaska-Fairbanks	Division II	Fairbanks, Alaska	48	2026-10-13
Western Oregon University	Division II	Monmouth, Oregon	60	2026-10-15
Western Washington University	—	Bellingham, Washington	38	2026-10-15

How are Great Northwest 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	93	17%
All coaches (head, associate, assistant, coordinators)	273	51%
Sport operations, recruiting & equipment	15	3%
Video & analytics	0	0%
Strength & conditioning, athletic training, sports science	62	12%
Athletics directors, senior leadership & sport administrators	34	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 Northwest Athletic?

534 tracked positions across 10 covered athletic departments as of 22 Oct 2026, of which 273 are coaching roles and 34 are athletics-director or sport-administrator roles.

Which Great Northwest Athletic school has the largest athletic department?

Central Washington University lists 81 staff positions in its official athletics directory (verified 14 Oct 2026), the most in the Great Northwest 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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