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Northwest Athletics Staff Directory

The Northwest has 8 athletic departments covered by Whistle with 702 tracked staff positions as of 15 Oct 2026 (NCAA Division III): 503 coaches including 117 head coaches, 34 sport-operations staff, 5 video & analytics staff and 22 in athletics leadership. The largest department is Pacific University (104 positions).

Data as of 15 Oct 2026.

Source: the official athletics staff directories of the 8 schools listed, each re-read on a rolling schedule; newest refresh 15 Oct 2026. Whistle covers 1,098 NCAA departments in total.

The Northwest at a glance

Schools covered: 8
Division: NCAA Division III
States: Oregon, Washington
Tracked staff positions: 702
Positions with a published or inferred email: 496 (71%)
Newest directory refresh: 15 Oct 2026

Which schools are in the Northwest?

School	Division	Location	Tracked positions	Directory verified
George Fox University	Division III	Newberg, Oregon	103	2026-10-14
Lewis & Clark College	Division III	Portland, Oregon	93	2026-10-15
Linfield College	Division III	McMinnville, Oregon	85	2026-10-15
Pacific Lutheran University	Division III	Tacoma, Washington	90	2026-10-15
Pacific University	Division III	Forest Grove, Oregon	104	2026-10-15
University of Puget Sound	Division III	Tacoma, Washington	92	2026-10-15
Whitman College	Division III	Walla Walla, Washington	51	2026-10-15
Whitworth University	Division III	Spokane, Washington	84	2026-10-15

How are Northwest athletics staff distributed by role?

Across the 8 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	117	17%
All coaches (head, associate, assistant, coordinators)	503	72%
Sport operations, recruiting & equipment	34	5%
Video & analytics	5	1%
Strength & conditioning, athletic training, sports science	58	8%
Athletics directors, senior leadership & sport administrators	22	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 Northwest?

702 tracked positions across 8 covered athletic departments as of 15 Oct 2026, of which 503 are coaching roles and 22 are athletics-director or sport-administrator roles.

Which Northwest school has the largest athletic department?

Pacific University lists 104 staff positions in its official athletics directory (verified 15 Oct 2026), the most in the Northwest 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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