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NCAA athletic departments in South Dakota

Whistle covers 7 NCAA athletic departments in South Dakota (2 NCAA Division I, 5 NCAA Division II) with 620 tracked staff positions as of 3 Nov 2026, 1% of the 1,085 departments covered nationally. They play in 3 conferences. The largest department is South Dakota State University (141 positions). Each school page shows staff by role and sport, detected technology and recent hiring activity.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Source: the official athletics staff directories of the 7 South Dakota schools listed, re-read on a rolling schedule; campus locations from the NCAA member directory and IPEDS.

South Dakota college athletics at a glance

State: South Dakota (Midwest region)
Athletic departments covered: 7
By division: 2 NCAA Division I, 5 NCAA Division II
Conferences represented: 3
Tracked staff positions: 620
Newest directory refresh: 3 Nov 2026

Which NCAA athletic departments are in South Dakota?

School	Division	Conference	City	Tracked positions	Directory last read
Augustana University (SD)	Division II	Northern Sun Intercollegiate	Sioux Falls	92	2026-10-14
Black Hills State University	Division II	Rocky Mountain Athletic	Spearfish	56	2026-10-14
Northern State University	Division II	Northern Sun Intercollegiate	Aberdeen	80	2026-10-15
South Dakota (Mines)	Division II	Rocky Mountain Athletic	Rapid City	49	2026-10-19
South Dakota State University	Division I	Summit League	Brookings	141	2026-11-01
University of Sioux Falls	Division II	Northern Sun Intercollegiate	Sioux Falls	77	2026-10-15
University of South Dakota	Division I	Summit League	Vermillion	125	2026-11-03

How are South Dakota's athletic departments split by division and conference?

Conference	Division	South Dakota schools covered	Tracked positions
Northern Sun Intercollegiate	Division II	3	249
Rocky Mountain Athletic	Division II	2	105
Summit League	Division I	2	266

Other Midwest states

Ohio athletic departments — 44 schools
Illinois athletic departments — 40 schools
Minnesota athletic departments — 30 schools
Wisconsin athletic departments — 28 schools
Indiana athletic departments — 23 schools
Michigan athletic departments — 23 schools
Missouri athletic departments — 23 schools
Iowa athletic departments — 16 schools
Kansas athletic departments — 8 schools
Nebraska athletic departments — 7 schools
North Dakota athletic departments — 4 schools

Method

A school is listed under the state of its campus as recorded from the NCAA member directory and IPEDS; a department is "covered" when its official athletics staff directory has been read. Counts are current (non-departed) positions. This page is published when at least 2 South Dakota school pages meet Whistle's quality bar; a state with fewer is kept out of search indexes.

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Frequently asked questions

How many NCAA athletic departments are in South Dakota?

Whistle covers 7 in South Dakota as of 3 Nov 2026 (2 NCAA Division I, 5 NCAA Division II), with 620 tracked staff positions between them.

Which South Dakota school has the largest athletic department?

South Dakota State University lists 141 staff positions in its official athletics directory (verified 1 Nov 2026).

Which conferences have schools in South Dakota?

Northern Sun Intercollegiate (3), Rocky Mountain Athletic (2), Summit League (2).

Where does this directory 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 into South Dakota? Whistle gives you every tracked position at these 7 departments with names, titles, emails and phones where published, filterable by state, and alerts when a buyer changes.