The MAC has 13 athletic departments covered by Whistle with 2,061 tracked staff positions as of 27 Oct 2026 (NCAA Division I): 684 coaches including 197 head coaches, 204 sport-operations staff, 53 video & analytics staff and 172 in athletics leadership. The largest department is University of Massachusetts (191 positions).
Data as of 27 Oct 2026.
Source: the official athletics staff directories of the 13 schools listed, each re-read on a rolling schedule; newest refresh 27 Oct 2026. Whistle covers 1,098 NCAA departments in total.
| School | Division | Location | Tracked positions | Directory verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ball State University | Division I | Muncie, Indiana | 172 | 2026-10-24 |
| Bowling Green State University | Division I | Bowling Green, Ohio | 159 | 2026-10-24 |
| Central Michigan University | Division I | Mount Pleasant, Michigan | 156 | 2026-10-27 |
| Eastern Michigan University | Division I | Ypsilanti, Michigan | 167 | 2026-10-24 |
| Kent State University | Division I | Kent, Ohio | 155 | 2026-10-24 |
| Miami University | Division I | Oxford, Ohio | 160 | 2026-10-24 |
| Northern Illinois University | Division I | Dekalb, Illinois | 140 | 2026-10-24 |
| Ohio University | Division I | Athens, Ohio | 153 | 2026-10-24 |
| University at Buffalo | Division I | Buffalo, New York | 165 | 2026-10-24 |
| University of Akron | Division I | Akron, Ohio | 130 | 2026-10-25 |
| University of Massachusetts | Division I | Amherst, Massachusetts | 191 | 2026-10-27 |
| University of Toledo | Division I | Toledo, Ohio | 149 | 2026-10-25 |
| Western Michigan University | Division I | Kalamazoo, Michigan | 164 | 2026-10-25 |
Across the 13 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 | 197 | 10% |
| All coaches (head, associate, assistant, coordinators) | 684 | 33% |
| Sport operations, recruiting & equipment | 204 | 10% |
| Video & analytics | 53 | 3% |
| Strength & conditioning, athletic training, sports science | 290 | 14% |
| Athletics directors, senior leadership & sport administrators | 172 | 8% |
2,061 tracked positions across 13 covered athletic departments as of 27 Oct 2026, of which 684 are coaching roles and 172 are athletics-director or sport-administrator roles.
University of Massachusetts lists 191 staff positions in its official athletics directory (verified 27 Oct 2026), the most in the MAC among covered schools.
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.