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Southern Athletic Association Athletics Staff Directory

The Southern Athletic Association has 9 athletic departments covered by Whistle with 566 tracked staff positions as of 15 Oct 2026 (NCAA Division III): 373 coaches including 139 head coaches, 20 sport-operations staff, 2 video & analytics staff and 29 in athletics leadership. The largest department is Trinity University (Texas) (83 positions).

Data as of 15 Oct 2026.

Source: the official athletics staff directories of the 9 schools listed, each re-read on a rolling schedule; newest refresh 15 Oct 2026. Whistle covers 1,098 NCAA departments in total.

The Southern Athletic Association at a glance

Schools covered: 9
Division: NCAA Division III
States: Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas
Tracked staff positions: 566
Positions with a published or inferred email: 506 (89%)
Newest directory refresh: 15 Oct 2026

Which schools are in the Southern Athletic Association?

School	Division	Location	Tracked positions	Directory verified
Berry College	Division III	Mount Berry, Georgia	59	2026-10-14
Centre College	Division III	Danville, Kentucky	74	2026-10-15
Maryville College	Division III	Maryville, Tennessee	70	2026-10-15
Millsaps College	Division III	Jackson, Mississippi	52	2026-10-15
Oglethorpe University	Division III	Atlanta, Georgia	44	2026-10-15
Rhodes College	Division III	Memphis, Tennessee	46	2026-10-15
Southwestern University	Division III	Georgetown, Texas	80	2026-10-15
The University of the South	Division III	Sewanee, Tennessee	58	2026-10-15
Trinity University (Texas)	Division III	San Antonio, Texas	83	2026-10-15

How are Southern Athletic Association athletics staff distributed by role?

Across the 9 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	139	25%
All coaches (head, associate, assistant, coordinators)	373	66%
Sport operations, recruiting & equipment	20	4%
Video & analytics	2	0%
Strength & conditioning, athletic training, sports science	57	10%
Athletics directors, senior leadership & sport administrators	29	5%

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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 Southern Athletic Association?

566 tracked positions across 9 covered athletic departments as of 15 Oct 2026, of which 373 are coaching roles and 29 are athletics-director or sport-administrator roles.

Which Southern Athletic Association school has the largest athletic department?

Trinity University (Texas) lists 83 staff positions in its official athletics directory (verified 15 Oct 2026), the most in the Southern Athletic Association 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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