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Communications & media relations staff in the SEC

SEC athletic departments list 195 communications and media-relations staff positions across 16 of the 16 covered schools as of 3 Nov 2026 — 3% of the conference's 5,764 tracked positions, an average of 12.2 per department that has the function. Louisiana State University has the most (19). In the last 90 days Whistle detected 1 hire, 2 departures and 1 title change in these roles.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Source: the official athletics staff directories of the 16 covered SEC schools, re-read on a rolling schedule; roles classified from published titles; changes from successive reads.

Communications & media relations in the SEC at a glance

Conference: SEC — NCAA Division I
Schools covered: 16
Schools with communications & media relations staff: 16 (100%)
Communications & media relations positions: 195 (3% of 5,764 tracked positions)
Average per department with the function: 12.2
Changes, last 90 days: 1 hires · 2 departures · 1 title changes

How many communications and media-relations staff does each SEC school have?

One row per covered department. "Positions" counts current (non-departed) staff whose classified role or published title places them in communications & media relations; changes are non-baseline hires, departures and title changes in those positions over the last 90 days, with same-day directory re-reads excluded.

School	Division	Communications & media relations positions	All tracked positions	Hires (90d)	Departures (90d)	Title changes (90d)
Louisiana State University	Division I	19	378	0	0	0
Auburn University	Division I	17	414	0	0	0
Texas A&M University	Division I	16	369	0	0	0
University of Kentucky	Division I	16	275	1	1	0
University of Arkansas	Division I	15	250	0	0	0
University of Georgia	Division I	14	404	0	1	1
University of Mississippi	Division I	14	321	0	0	0
Mississippi State University	Division I	11	311	0	0	0
University of Florida	Division I	11	472	0	0	0
University of Oklahoma	Division I	11	373	0	0	0
University of South Carolina	Division I	11	338	0	0	0
Vanderbilt University	Division I	11	267	0	0	0
University of Texas at Austin	Division I	9	411	0	0	0
University of Missouri	Division I	7	326	0	0	0
University of Tennessee	Division I	7	456	0	0	0
University of Alabama	Division I	6	399	0	0	0

Who sells to communications and media-relations staff?

Communications & media relations is the buying group for stats and live-data providers, media-relations software, broadcast and content-production vendors, creative-services tools. Typical titles in this group: Assistant AD for Athletic Communications; Director of Media Relations; Sports Information Director; Communications Assistant. Whistle customers filter these positions by conference, school, state and sport, see each person's name, title and contact details where the directory publishes them, and get an alert when one of the positions changes hands.

Other staff functions in the SEC

Ticketing in the SEC — 121 positions at 15 schools
Marketing & fan experience in the SEC — 111 positions at 16 schools
Compliance in the SEC — 74 positions at 16 schools
Development & fundraising in the SEC — 197 positions at 16 schools
Facilities & event operations in the SEC — 314 positions at 16 schools
Video & analytics in the SEC — 270 positions at 16 schools
Strength & conditioning in the SEC — 196 positions at 16 schools
Athletic training & sports medicine in the SEC — 336 positions at 16 schools
NIL & brand in the SEC — 53 positions at 14 schools
Equipment in the SEC — 82 positions at 16 schools

Communications & media relations in other conferences

Communications & media relations in the ACC — 18 schools
Communications & media relations in the Lone Star — 18 schools
Communications & media relations in the Big Ten — 17 schools
Communications & media relations in the Big 12 — 15 schools
Communications & media relations in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate — 15 schools
Communications & media relations in the Rocky Mountain Athletic — 15 schools
Communications & media relations in the Atlantic 10 — 14 schools
Communications & media relations in the Big Sky — 14 schools
Communications & media relations in the CAA — 14 schools
Communications & media relations in the California Collegiate Athletic Association — 14 schools
Communications & media relations in the Carolinas — 14 schools
Communications & media relations in the Great Lakes Valley — 14 schools

Method

Positions are counted when the published job title matches the communications & media relations pattern (and not an exclusion such as student, intern or graduate assistant); the same rule produces the counts and the change tallies.

Change counts compare successive reads of each school's official directory; a school's first extraction and any day on which 25% or more of a roster appears or disappears at once (a re-read, not turnover) are excluded. This page is published when at least 3 covered SEC schools have the function and they list at least 10 positions between them; smaller combinations are kept out of search indexes.

Frequently asked questions

How many communications and media-relations staff work in the SEC?

195 current positions across 16 covered SEC athletic departments as of 3 Nov 2026; Louisiana State University lists the most (19).

Which SEC school has the largest communications & media relations staff?

Louisiana State University, with 19 communications and media-relations staff positions out of 378 tracked positions.

How much turnover is there in SEC communications & media relations roles?

4 changes in the last 90 days: 1 hire, 2 departures, 1 title change, after excluding first reads and same-day re-reads.

Where does this staff 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.

Selling to communications and media-relations staff in the SEC? Whistle lists every one of these 195 positions with name and title, emails and phones where the directory publishes them, and an alert when one changes. Or buy the conference as a one-time dataset.