# Mountain West Athletics Staff Directory

The Mountain West has 7 athletic departments covered by Whistle with 1,352 tracked staff positions as of 27 Oct 2026 (NCAA Division I): 416 coaches including 121 head coaches, 134 sport-operations staff, 25 video & analytics staff and 137 in athletics leadership. The largest department is United States Air Force Academy (273 positions).

_Data as of 27 Oct 2026._
Source: the official athletics staff directories of the 7 schools listed, each re-read on a rolling schedule; newest refresh 27 Oct 2026. Whistle covers 1,098 NCAA departments in total.
_Canonical URL: https://gowhistle.io/directory/mountain-west_

## The Mountain West at a glance

- **Schools covered:** 7
- **Division:** NCAA Division I
- **States:** California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, Wyoming
- **Tracked staff positions:** 1,352
- **Positions with a published or inferred email:** 1,180 (87%)
- **Newest directory refresh:** 27 Oct 2026

## Which schools are in the Mountain West?

| School | Division | Location | Tracked positions | Directory verified |
| --- | --- | --- | ---: | --- |
| [San Jose State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/sanjosestate) | Division I | San Jose, California | 155 | 2026-10-25 |
| [United States Air Force Academy](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/airforce) | Division I | USAF Academy, Colorado | 273 | 2026-10-24 |
| [University of Hawaii at Manoa](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/hawaii) | Division I | Honolulu, Hawaii | 166 | 2026-10-24 |
| [University of Nevada, Las Vegas](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/unlv) | Division I | Las Vegas, Nevada | 217 | 2026-10-27 |
| [University of Nevada, Reno](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/nevada) | Division I | Reno, Nevada | 185 | 2026-10-25 |
| [University of New Mexico](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/newmexico) | Division I | Albuquerque, New Mexico | 174 | 2026-10-25 |
| [University of Wyoming](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/wyoming) | Division I | Laramie, Wyoming | 182 | 2026-10-25 |

## How are Mountain West athletics staff distributed by role?

Across the 7 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 | 121 | 9% |
| All coaches (head, associate, assistant, coordinators) | 416 | 31% |
| Sport operations, recruiting & equipment | 134 | 10% |
| Video & analytics | 25 | 2% |
| Strength & conditioning, athletic training, sports science | 207 | 15% |
| Athletics directors, senior leadership & sport administrators | 137 | 10% |

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## Other NCAA Division I conferences

- [ACC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/acc) — 19 schools, 6,619 positions
- [Big Ten](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-ten) — 18 schools, 7,072 positions
- [Big Sky](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-sky) — 16 schools, 1,959 positions
- [SEC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/sec) — 16 schools, 5,906 positions
- [Atlantic 10](https://gowhistle.io/directory/atlantic-10) — 15 schools, 1,937 positions
- [Big 12](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-12) — 15 schools, 4,514 positions
- [CAA](https://gowhistle.io/directory/caa) — 14 schools, 1,895 positions
- [Southern Intercollegiate Athletic](https://gowhistle.io/directory/southern-intercollegiate-athletic) — 14 schools, 566 positions
- [AAC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/aac) — 13 schools, 2,434 positions
- [ASUN](https://gowhistle.io/directory/asun) — 13 schools, 1,421 positions

## Frequently asked questions

**How many athletics staff work in the Mountain West?**

1,352 tracked positions across 7 covered athletic departments as of 27 Oct 2026, of which 416 are coaching roles and 137 are athletics-director or sport-administrator roles.

**Which Mountain West school has the largest athletic department?**

United States Air Force Academy lists 273 staff positions in its official athletics directory (verified 24 Oct 2026), the most in the Mountain West 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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