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Midwest Athletics Staff Directory

The Midwest has 10 athletic departments covered by Whistle with 627 tracked staff positions as of 15 Oct 2026 (NCAA Division III): 446 coaches including 150 head coaches, 23 sport-operations staff, 5 video & analytics staff and 21 in athletics leadership. The largest department is Lake Forest College (92 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 Midwest at a glance

Schools covered: 10
Division: NCAA Division III
States: Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin
Tracked staff positions: 627
Positions with a published or inferred email: 495 (79%)
Newest directory refresh: 15 Oct 2026

Which schools are in the Midwest?

School	Division	Location	Tracked positions	Directory verified
Beloit College	Division III	Beloit, Wisconsin	63	2026-10-14
Cornell College	Division III	Mt. Vernon, Iowa	52	2026-10-14
Grinnell College	Division III	Grinnell, Iowa	53	2026-10-14
Illinois College	Division III	Jacksonville, Illinois	71	2026-10-14
Knox College	Division III	Galesburg, Illinois	37	2026-10-15
Lake Forest College	Division III	Lake Forest, Illinois	92	2026-10-15
Lawrence University	Division III	Appleton, Wisconsin	85	2026-10-15
Luther College	Division III	Decorah, Iowa	56	2026-10-15
Monmouth College	Division III	Monmouth, Illinois	41	2026-10-15
Ripon College	Division III	Ripon, Wisconsin	77	2026-10-15

How are Midwest 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	150	24%
All coaches (head, associate, assistant, coordinators)	446	71%
Sport operations, recruiting & equipment	23	4%
Video & analytics	5	1%
Strength & conditioning, athletic training, sports science	53	8%
Athletics directors, senior leadership & sport administrators	21	3%

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Other NCAA Division III conferences

Great Northeast Athletic — 14 schools, 724 positions
Independent — 14 schools, 640 positions
Northern Athletics Collegiate — 13 schools, 885 positions
South Atlantic — 13 schools, 1,014 positions
Old Dominion Athletic — 12 schools, 869 positions
Presidents' Athletic — 12 schools, 897 positions
Skyline — 12 schools, 584 positions
United East — 12 schools, 599 positions
Conference of New England — 11 schools, 678 positions
Empire 8 — 11 schools, 826 positions

Frequently asked questions

How many athletics staff work in the Midwest?

627 tracked positions across 10 covered athletic departments as of 15 Oct 2026, of which 446 are coaching roles and 21 are athletics-director or sport-administrator roles.

Which Midwest school has the largest athletic department?

Lake Forest College lists 92 staff positions in its official athletics directory (verified 15 Oct 2026), the most in the Midwest 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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