NCAA athletic departments in Tennessee

Whistle covers 25 NCAA athletic departments in Tennessee (12 NCAA Division I, 10 NCAA Division II, 3 NCAA Division III) with 2,588 tracked staff positions as of 3 Nov 2026, 2% of the 1,085 departments covered nationally. They play in 12 conferences. The largest department is University of Tennessee (456 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 25 Tennessee schools listed, re-read on a rolling schedule; campus locations from the NCAA member directory and IPEDS.

Tennessee college athletics at a glance

State

Tennessee (South region)

Athletic departments covered

25

By division

12 NCAA Division I, 10 NCAA Division II, 3 NCAA Division III

Conferences represented

12

Tracked staff positions

2,588

Newest directory refresh

3 Nov 2026

Which NCAA athletic departments are in Tennessee?

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

Other South states

• Texas athletic departments — 53 schools
• North Carolina athletic departments — 45 schools
• Virginia athletic departments — 37 schools
• Georgia athletic departments — 31 schools
• Florida athletic departments — 27 schools
• South Carolina athletic departments — 25 schools
• Maryland athletic departments — 21 schools
• Alabama athletic departments — 18 schools
• Oklahoma athletic departments — 17 schools
• Kentucky athletic departments — 16 schools
• Arkansas athletic departments — 15 schools
• West Virginia athletic departments — 15 schools
• Louisiana athletic departments — 13 schools
• Mississippi athletic departments — 10 schools
• District of Columbia athletic departments — 7 schools
• Delaware 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 Tennessee school pages meet Whistle's quality bar; a state with fewer is kept out of search indexes.

Territory sellers use this view to size a state: Whistle plans filter staff by state and Census region, and team plans assign states to reps. See plans.

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