# 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.
_Canonical URL: https://gowhistle.io/directory/southland_

## 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](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/hcu) | Division I | Houston, Texas | 92 | 2026-10-25 |
| [Lamar University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/lamar) | Division I | Beaumont, Texas | 117 | 2026-10-25 |
| [McNeese State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/mcneese) | Division I | Lake Charles, Louisiana | 123 | 2026-10-25 |
| [Nicholls State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/nicholls) | Division I | Thibodaux, Louisiana | 89 | 2026-10-25 |
| [Northwestern State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/northwesternstate) | Division I | Natchitoches, Louisiana | 100 | 2026-10-25 |
| [Southeastern Louisiana University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/southeasternla) | Division I | Hammond, Louisiana | 108 | 2026-10-27 |
| [Stephen F. Austin State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/stephen-f-austin) | Division I | Nacogdoches, Texas | 133 | 2026-10-22 |
| [Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/tamucc) | Division I | Corpus Christi, Texas | 91 | 2026-10-25 |
| [University of New Orleans](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/uno) | Division I | New Orleans, Louisiana | 55 | 2026-10-25 |
| [University of Texas Rio Grande Valley](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/utrgv) | Division I | Edinburg, Texas | 123 | 2026-10-25 |
| [University of the Incarnate Word](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/uiw) | 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](https://gowhistle.io/directory/acc) — 19 schools, 6,619 positions
- [Big Ten](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-ten) — 18 schools, 7,072 positions
- [Big Sky](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-sky) — 16 schools, 1,959 positions
- [SEC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/sec) — 16 schools, 5,906 positions
- [Atlantic 10](https://gowhistle.io/directory/atlantic-10) — 15 schools, 1,937 positions
- [Big 12](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-12) — 15 schools, 4,514 positions
- [CAA](https://gowhistle.io/directory/caa) — 14 schools, 1,895 positions
- [Southern Intercollegiate Athletic](https://gowhistle.io/directory/southern-intercollegiate-athletic) — 14 schools, 566 positions
- [AAC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/aac) — 13 schools, 2,434 positions
- [ASUN](https://gowhistle.io/directory/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](https://gowhistle.io/remove-my-info).

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