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Southern Conference Athletics Staff Directory

The Southern Conference has 10 athletic departments covered by Whistle with 1,094 tracked staff positions as of 27 Oct 2026 (NCAA Division I): 438 coaches including 134 head coaches, 81 sport-operations staff, 29 video & analytics staff and 91 in athletics leadership. The largest department is Mercer University (141 positions).

Data as of 27 Oct 2026.

Source: the official athletics staff directories of the 10 schools listed, each re-read on a rolling schedule; newest refresh 27 Oct 2026. Whistle covers 1,098 NCAA departments in total.

The Southern Conference at a glance

Schools covered: 10
Division: NCAA Division I
States: Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
Tracked staff positions: 1,094
Positions with a published or inferred email: 983 (90%)
Newest directory refresh: 27 Oct 2026

Which schools are in the Southern Conference?

School	Division	Location	Tracked positions	Directory verified
East Tennessee State University	Division I	Johnson City, Tennessee	88	2026-10-25
Furman University	Division I	Greenville, South Carolina	123	2026-10-27
Mercer University	Division I	Macon, Georgia	141	2026-10-25
Samford University	Division I	Birmingham, Alabama	126	2026-10-25
The Citadel	Division I	Charleston, South Carolina	92	2026-10-25
University of North Carolina at Greensboro	Division I	Greensboro, North Carolina	84	2026-10-25
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga	Division I	Chattanooga, Tennessee	136	2026-10-25
Virginia Military Institute	Division I	Lexington, Virginia	70	2026-10-25
Western Carolina University	Division I	Cullowhee, North Carolina	121	2026-10-25
Wofford College	Division I	Spartanburg, South Carolina	113	2026-10-27

How are Southern Conference athletics staff distributed by role?

Across the 10 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	134	12%
All coaches (head, associate, assistant, coordinators)	438	40%
Sport operations, recruiting & equipment	81	7%
Video & analytics	29	3%
Strength & conditioning, athletic training, sports science	163	15%
Athletics directors, senior leadership & sport administrators	91	8%

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Other NCAA Division I conferences

ACC — 19 schools, 6,619 positions
Big Ten — 18 schools, 7,072 positions
Big Sky — 16 schools, 1,959 positions
SEC — 16 schools, 5,906 positions
Atlantic 10 — 15 schools, 1,941 positions
Big 12 — 15 schools, 4,518 positions
CAA — 14 schools, 1,897 positions
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic — 14 schools, 566 positions
AAC — 13 schools, 2,434 positions
ASUN — 13 schools, 1,421 positions

Frequently asked questions

How many athletics staff work in the Southern Conference?

1,094 tracked positions across 10 covered athletic departments as of 27 Oct 2026, of which 438 are coaching roles and 91 are athletics-director or sport-administrator roles.

Which Southern Conference school has the largest athletic department?

Mercer University lists 141 staff positions in its official athletics directory (verified 25 Oct 2026), the most in the Southern Conference 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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