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Southland Athletics Staff Directory

The Southland has 11 athletic departments covered by Whistle with 1,161 tracked staff positions as of 27 Oct 2026 (NCAA Division I): 436 coaches including 123 head coaches, 90 sport-operations staff, 31 video & analytics staff and 87 in athletics leadership. The largest department is Stephen F. Austin State University (133 positions).

Data as of 27 Oct 2026.

Source: the official athletics staff directories of the 11 schools listed, each re-read on a rolling schedule; newest refresh 27 Oct 2026. Whistle covers 1,098 NCAA departments in total.

The Southland at a glance

Schools covered: 11
Division: NCAA Division I
States: Louisiana, Texas
Tracked staff positions: 1,161
Positions with a published or inferred email: 918 (79%)
Newest directory refresh: 27 Oct 2026

Which schools are in the Southland?

School	Division	Location	Tracked positions	Directory verified
Houston Christian University	Division I	Houston, Texas	92	2026-10-25
Lamar University	Division I	Beaumont, Texas	117	2026-10-25
McNeese State University	Division I	Lake Charles, Louisiana	123	2026-10-25
Nicholls State University	Division I	Thibodaux, Louisiana	89	2026-10-25
Northwestern State University	Division I	Natchitoches, Louisiana	100	2026-10-25
Southeastern Louisiana University	Division I	Hammond, Louisiana	108	2026-10-27
Stephen F. Austin State University	Division I	Nacogdoches, Texas	133	2026-10-22
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi	Division I	Corpus Christi, Texas	91	2026-10-25
University of New Orleans	Division I	New Orleans, Louisiana	55	2026-10-25
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	Division I	Edinburg, Texas	123	2026-10-25
University of the Incarnate Word	Division I	San Antonio, Texas	130	2026-10-25

How are Southland athletics staff distributed by role?

Across the 11 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	123	11%
All coaches (head, associate, assistant, coordinators)	436	38%
Sport operations, recruiting & equipment	90	8%
Video & analytics	31	3%
Strength & conditioning, athletic training, sports science	180	16%
Athletics directors, senior leadership & sport administrators	87	7%

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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 Southland?

1,161 tracked positions across 11 covered athletic departments as of 27 Oct 2026, of which 436 are coaching roles and 87 are athletics-director or sport-administrator roles.

Which Southland school has the largest athletic department?

Stephen F. Austin State University lists 133 staff positions in its official athletics directory (verified 22 Oct 2026), the most in the Southland 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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