# 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.
_Canonical URL: https://gowhistle.io/directory/midwest_

## 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](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/beloit) | Division III | Beloit, Wisconsin | 63 | 2026-10-14 |
| [Cornell College](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/cornell-college) | Division III | Mt. Vernon, Iowa | 52 | 2026-10-14 |
| [Grinnell College](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/grinnell) | Division III | Grinnell, Iowa | 53 | 2026-10-14 |
| [Illinois College](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/illinois-col) | Division III | Jacksonville, Illinois | 71 | 2026-10-14 |
| [Knox College](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/knox) | Division III | Galesburg, Illinois | 37 | 2026-10-15 |
| [Lake Forest College](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/lake-forest) | Division III | Lake Forest, Illinois | 92 | 2026-10-15 |
| [Lawrence University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/lawrence) | Division III | Appleton, Wisconsin | 85 | 2026-10-15 |
| [Luther College](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/luther) | Division III | Decorah, Iowa | 56 | 2026-10-15 |
| [Monmouth College](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/monmouth-il) | Division III | Monmouth, Illinois | 41 | 2026-10-15 |
| [Ripon College](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/ripon) | 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](https://gowhistle.io/directory/great-northeast-athletic) — 14 schools, 724 positions
- [Independent](https://gowhistle.io/directory/independent) — 14 schools, 640 positions
- [Northern Athletics Collegiate](https://gowhistle.io/directory/northern-athletics-collegiate) — 13 schools, 885 positions
- [South Atlantic](https://gowhistle.io/directory/south-atlantic) — 13 schools, 1,014 positions
- [Old Dominion Athletic](https://gowhistle.io/directory/old-dominion-athletic) — 12 schools, 869 positions
- [Presidents' Athletic](https://gowhistle.io/directory/presidents-athletic) — 12 schools, 897 positions
- [Skyline](https://gowhistle.io/directory/skyline) — 12 schools, 584 positions
- [United East](https://gowhistle.io/directory/united-east) — 12 schools, 599 positions
- [Conference of New England](https://gowhistle.io/directory/conference-of-new-england) — 11 schools, 678 positions
- [Empire 8](https://gowhistle.io/directory/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](https://gowhistle.io/remove-my-info).

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