Sun Belt athletic departments list 162 athletic-training and sports-medicine staff positions across 13 of the 13 covered schools as of 2 Nov 2026 — 8% of the conference's 2,036 tracked positions, an average of 12.5 per department that has the function. James Madison University has the most (31). In the last 90 days Whistle detected 14 hires, 6 departures and 3 title changes in these roles.
Data as of 2 Nov 2026.
Source: the official athletics staff directories of the 13 covered Sun Belt schools, re-read on a rolling schedule; roles classified from published titles; changes from successive reads.
One row per covered department. "Positions" counts current (non-departed) staff whose classified role or published title places them in athletic training & sports medicine; changes are non-baseline hires, departures and title changes in those positions over the last 90 days, with same-day directory re-reads excluded.
| School | Division | Athletic training & sports medicine positions | All tracked positions | Hires (90d) | Departures (90d) | Title changes (90d) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Madison University | Division I | 31 | 228 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Appalachian State University | Division I | 16 | 176 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal Carolina University | Division I | 14 | 179 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Georgia State University | Division I | 14 | 155 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Old Dominion University | Division I | 14 | 185 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marshall University | Division I | 13 | 158 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| University of South Alabama | Division I | 13 | 151 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Troy University | Division I | 12 | 114 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Louisiana at Monroe | Division I | 12 | 86 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| University of Southern Mississippi | Division I | 8 | 161 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Arkansas State University | Division I | 7 | 149 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Louisiana at Lafayette | Division I | 6 | 134 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Georgia Southern University | Division I | 2 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Athletic training & sports medicine is the buying group for electronic medical records, injury-tracking and concussion tools, treatment and recovery equipment, insurance and telehealth providers. Typical titles in this group: Head Athletic Trainer; Director of Sports Medicine; Assistant Athletic Trainer, Football. Whistle customers filter these positions by conference, school, state and sport, see each person's name, title and contact details where the directory publishes them, and get an alert when one of the positions changes hands.
Positions are counted from each person's published job title, classified into Whistle's role vocabulary (shared/staff-roles.ts); this group is the "athletic_trainer" role.
Change counts compare successive reads of each school's official directory; a school's first extraction and any day on which 25% or more of a roster appears or disappears at once (a re-read, not turnover) are excluded. This page is published when at least 3 covered Sun Belt schools have the function and they list at least 10 positions between them; smaller combinations are kept out of search indexes.
162 current positions across 13 covered Sun Belt athletic departments as of 2 Nov 2026; James Madison University lists the most (31).
James Madison University, with 31 athletic-training and sports-medicine staff positions out of 228 tracked positions.
23 changes in the last 90 days: 14 hires, 6 departures, 3 title changes, after excluding first reads and same-day re-reads.
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.