The Northern Sun Intercollegiate has 15 athletic departments covered by Whistle with 1,222 tracked staff positions as of 15 Oct 2026 (NCAA Division II): 613 coaches including 193 head coaches, 46 sport-operations staff, 5 video & analytics staff and 69 in athletics leadership. The largest department is Minnesota State University-Mankato (125 positions).
Data as of 15 Oct 2026.
Source: the official athletics staff directories of the 15 schools listed, each re-read on a rolling schedule; newest refresh 15 Oct 2026. Whistle covers 1,098 NCAA departments in total.
| School | Division | Location | Tracked positions | Directory verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augustana University (SD) | Division II | Sioux Falls, South Dakota | 95 | 2026-10-14 |
| Bemidji State University | Division II | Bemidji, Minnesota | 69 | 2026-10-14 |
| Concordia University, St. Paul | Division II | St. Paul, Minnesota | 81 | 2026-10-14 |
| Minnesota State Univ.-Moorhead | — | Moorhead, Minnesota | 83 | 2026-10-15 |
| Minnesota State University-Mankato | Division II | Mankato, Minnesota | 125 | 2026-10-15 |
| Minot State University | Division II | Minot, North Dakota | 90 | 2026-10-15 |
| Northern State University | Division II | Aberdeen, South Dakota | 84 | 2026-10-15 |
| Southwest Minnesota St. University | Division II | Marshall, Minnesota | 74 | 2026-10-15 |
| St. Cloud State University | Division II | St. Cloud, Minnesota | 102 | 2026-10-15 |
| University of Mary | Division II | Bismarck, North Dakota | 86 | 2026-10-14 |
| University of Minnesota-Crookston | Division II | Crookston, Minnesota | 45 | 2026-10-15 |
| University of Minnesota-Duluth | Division II | Duluth, Minnesota | 82 | 2026-10-15 |
| University of Sioux Falls | Division II | Sioux Falls, South Dakota | 78 | 2026-10-15 |
| Wayne State College | Division II | Wayne, Nebraska | 68 | 2026-10-15 |
| Winona State University | Division II | Winona, Minnesota | 60 | 2026-10-15 |
Across the 15 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 | 193 | 16% |
| All coaches (head, associate, assistant, coordinators) | 613 | 50% |
| Sport operations, recruiting & equipment | 46 | 4% |
| Video & analytics | 5 | 0% |
| Strength & conditioning, athletic training, sports science | 161 | 13% |
| Athletics directors, senior leadership & sport administrators | 69 | 6% |
1,222 tracked positions across 15 covered athletic departments as of 15 Oct 2026, of which 613 are coaching roles and 69 are athletics-director or sport-administrator roles.
Minnesota State University-Mankato lists 125 staff positions in its official athletics directory (verified 15 Oct 2026), the most in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate 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.