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Sun Belt Athletics Staff Directory

The Sun Belt has 13 athletic departments covered by Whistle with 2,103 tracked staff positions as of 25 Oct 2026 (NCAA Division I): 645 coaches including 179 head coaches, 206 sport-operations staff, 77 video & analytics staff and 155 in athletics leadership. The largest department is James Madison University (237 positions).

Data as of 25 Oct 2026.

Source: the official athletics staff directories of the 13 schools listed, each re-read on a rolling schedule; newest refresh 25 Oct 2026. Whistle covers 1,098 NCAA departments in total.

The Sun Belt at a glance

Schools covered
13
Division
NCAA Division I
States
Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia
Tracked staff positions
2,103
Positions with a published or inferred email
1,686 (80%)
Newest directory refresh
25 Oct 2026

Which schools are in the Sun Belt?

SchoolDivisionLocationTracked positionsDirectory verified
Appalachian State UniversityDivision IBoone, North Carolina1852026-10-24
Arkansas State UniversityDivision IJonesboro, Arkansas1542026-10-25
Coastal Carolina UniversityDivision IConway, South Carolina1812026-10-24
Georgia Southern UniversityDivision IStatesboro, Georgia1612026-10-24
Georgia State UniversityDivision IAtlanta, Georgia1592026-10-24
James Madison UniversityDivision IHarrisonburg, Virginia2372026-10-24
Marshall UniversityDivision IHuntington, West Virginia1612026-10-24
Old Dominion UniversityDivision INorfolk, Virginia1962026-10-25
Troy UniversityDivision ITroy, Alabama1142026-10-25
University of Louisiana at LafayetteDivision ILafayette, Louisiana1362026-10-24
University of Louisiana at MonroeDivision IMonroe, Louisiana872026-10-25
University of South AlabamaDivision IMobile, Alabama1622026-10-25
University of Southern MississippiDivision IHattiesburg, Mississippi1702026-10-25

How are Sun Belt athletics staff distributed by role?

Across the 13 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 groupPositionsShare of staff
Head coaches1799%
All coaches (head, associate, assistant, coordinators)64531%
Sport operations, recruiting & equipment20610%
Video & analytics774%
Strength & conditioning, athletic training, sports science27013%
Athletics directors, senior leadership & sport administrators1557%

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Frequently asked questions

How many athletics staff work in the Sun Belt?

2,103 tracked positions across 13 covered athletic departments as of 25 Oct 2026, of which 645 are coaching roles and 155 are athletics-director or sport-administrator roles.

Which Sun Belt school has the largest athletic department?

James Madison University lists 237 staff positions in its official athletics directory (verified 24 Oct 2026), the most in the Sun Belt 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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