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Horizon League Athletics Staff Directory

The Horizon League has 12 athletic departments covered by Whistle with 1,076 tracked staff positions as of 27 Oct 2026 (NCAA Division I): 466 coaches including 150 head coaches, 76 sport-operations staff, 11 video & analytics staff and 97 in athletics leadership. The largest department is Youngstown State University (151 positions).

Data as of 27 Oct 2026.

Source: the official athletics staff directories of the 12 schools listed, each re-read on a rolling schedule; newest refresh 27 Oct 2026. Whistle covers 1,098 NCAA departments in total.

The Horizon League at a glance

Schools covered: 12
Division: NCAA Division I
States: Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin
Tracked staff positions: 1,076
Positions with a published or inferred email: 930 (86%)
Newest directory refresh: 27 Oct 2026

Which schools are in the Horizon League?

School	Division	Location	Tracked positions	Directory verified
Cleveland State University	Division I	Cleveland, Ohio	95	2026-10-25
Indiana University Indianapolis	Division I	Indianapolis, Indiana	68	2026-10-22
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis	Division I	—	68	2026-10-27
Northern Kentucky University	Division I	Highland Heights, Kentucky	79	2026-10-24
Oakland University	Division I	Rochester Hills, Michigan	113	2026-10-25
Purdue University Fort Wayne	Division I	Fort Wayne, Indiana	76	2026-10-24
Robert Morris University	Division I	Moon Township, Pennsylvania	91	2026-10-24
University of Detroit Mercy	Division I	Detroit, Michigan	96	2026-10-24
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay	Division I	Green Bay, Wisconsin	76	2026-10-25
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	Division I	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	86	2026-10-24
Wright State University	Division I	Dayton, Ohio	77	2026-10-25
Youngstown State University	Division I	Youngstown, Ohio	151	2026-10-25

How are Horizon League athletics staff distributed by role?

Across the 12 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	150	14%
All coaches (head, associate, assistant, coordinators)	466	43%
Sport operations, recruiting & equipment	76	7%
Video & analytics	11	1%
Strength & conditioning, athletic training, sports science	169	16%
Athletics directors, senior leadership & sport administrators	97	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 Horizon League?

1,076 tracked positions across 12 covered athletic departments as of 27 Oct 2026, of which 466 are coaching roles and 97 are athletics-director or sport-administrator roles.

Which Horizon League school has the largest athletic department?

Youngstown State University lists 151 staff positions in its official athletics directory (verified 25 Oct 2026), the most in the Horizon League 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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