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Summit League Athletics Staff Directory

The Summit League has 11 athletic departments covered by Whistle with 1,385 tracked staff positions as of 27 Oct 2026 (NCAA Division I): 508 coaches including 158 head coaches, 137 sport-operations staff, 27 video & analytics staff and 125 in athletics leadership. The largest department is University of St. Thomas (159 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 Summit League at a glance

Schools covered: 11
Division: NCAA Division I
States: Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota
Tracked staff positions: 1,385
Positions with a published or inferred email: 1,263 (91%)
Newest directory refresh: 27 Oct 2026

Which schools are in the Summit League?

School	Division	Location	Tracked positions	Directory verified
North Dakota State University	Division I	Fargo, North Dakota	142	2026-10-24
Oral Roberts University	Division I	Tulsa, Oklahoma	89	2026-10-27
South Dakota State University	Division I	Brookings, South Dakota	143	2026-10-25
University of Denver	Division I	Denver, Colorado	136	2026-10-24
University of Missouri-Kansas City	Division I	Kansas City, Missouri	68	2026-10-25
University of Nebraska Omaha	Division I	Omaha, Nebraska	129	2026-10-24
University of North Dakota	Division I	Grand Forks, North Dakota	134	2026-10-24
University of South Dakota	Division I	Vermillion, South Dakota	130	2026-10-27
University of St. Thomas	Division I	St. Paul, Minnesota	159	2026-10-25
University of St. Thomas (Minn.)	Division I	St. Paul, Minnesota	159	2026-10-22
Western Illinois University	Division I	Macomb, Illinois	96	2026-10-25

How are Summit League 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	158	11%
All coaches (head, associate, assistant, coordinators)	508	37%
Sport operations, recruiting & equipment	137	10%
Video & analytics	27	2%
Strength & conditioning, athletic training, sports science	203	15%
Athletics directors, senior leadership & sport administrators	125	9%

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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 Summit League?

1,385 tracked positions across 11 covered athletic departments as of 27 Oct 2026, of which 508 are coaching roles and 125 are athletics-director or sport-administrator roles.

Which Summit League school has the largest athletic department?

University of St. Thomas lists 159 staff positions in its official athletics directory (verified 25 Oct 2026), the most in the Summit League 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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