# Sunshine State Athletics Staff Directory The Sunshine State has 11 athletic departments covered by Whistle with 776 tracked staff positions as of 15 Oct 2026 (NCAA Division II): 407 coaches including 168 head coaches, 24 sport-operations staff, 0 video & analytics staff and 38 in athletics leadership. The largest department is Florida Southern College (107 positions). _Data as of 15 Oct 2026._ Source: the official athletics staff directories of the 11 schools listed, each re-read on a rolling schedule; newest refresh 15 Oct 2026. Whistle covers 1,098 NCAA departments in total. _Canonical URL: https://gowhistle.io/directory/sunshine-state_ ## The Sunshine State at a glance - **Schools covered:** 11 - **Division:** NCAA Division II - **States:** Florida - **Tracked staff positions:** 776 - **Positions with a published or inferred email:** 710 (91%) - **Newest directory refresh:** 15 Oct 2026 ## Which schools are in the Sunshine State? | School | Division | Location | Tracked positions | Directory verified | | --- | --- | --- | ---: | --- | | [Barry University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/barry) | Division II | Miami Shores, Florida | 65 | 2026-10-14 | | [Eckerd College](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/eckerd) | Division II | St. Petersburg, Florida | 36 | 2026-10-14 | | [Embry-Riddle University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/embry-riddle-fl) | Division II | Daytona Beach, Florida | 96 | 2026-10-14 | | [Florida Southern College](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/fla-southern) | Division II | Lakeland, Florida | 107 | 2026-10-15 | | [Florida Tech](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/florida-tech) | Division II | Melbourne, Florida | 56 | 2026-10-15 | | [Lynn University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/lynn) | Division II | Boca Raton, Florida | 57 | 2026-10-15 | | [Nova Southeastern University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/nova-southeastern) | Division II | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | 72 | 2026-10-15 | | [Palm Beach Atlantic University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/palm-beach-atl) | Division II | West Palm Beach, Florida | 66 | 2026-10-15 | | [Rollins College](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/rollins) | Division II | Winter Park, Florida | 65 | 2026-10-15 | | [Saint Leo University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/saint-leo) | Division II | St. Leo, Florida | 89 | 2026-10-15 | | [University of Tampa](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/tampa) | Division II | Tampa, Florida | 67 | 2026-10-15 | ## How are Sunshine State 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 | 168 | 22% | | All coaches (head, associate, assistant, coordinators) | 407 | 52% | | Sport operations, recruiting & equipment | 24 | 3% | | Video & analytics | 0 | 0% | | Strength & conditioning, athletic training, sports science | 102 | 13% | | Athletics directors, senior leadership & sport administrators | 38 | 5% | ## Selling into the Sunshine State? - [Ticketing platforms](https://gowhistle.io/for/ticketing) — Reach the people who run college ticket offices - [Facilities & AV vendors](https://gowhistle.io/for/facilities-av) — Find the facilities, event and video staff behind every venue - [NIL service providers](https://gowhistle.io/for/nil-services) — Connect with the staff who run NIL and compliance programs - [Apparel & equipment brands](https://gowhistle.io/for/apparel) — Find equipment managers and licensing staff at every program - [Recruiting software](https://gowhistle.io/for/recruiting-software) — Reach recruiting and player personnel staff directly ## Other NCAA Division II conferences - [Lone Star](https://gowhistle.io/directory/lone-star) — 18 schools, 1,039 positions - [Pennsylvania State Athletic](https://gowhistle.io/directory/pennsylvania-state-athletic) — 17 schools, 1,253 positions - [Carolinas](https://gowhistle.io/directory/carolinas) — 16 schools, 933 positions - [Great Lakes Valley](https://gowhistle.io/directory/great-lakes-valley) — 15 schools, 1,159 positions - [Northern Sun Intercollegiate](https://gowhistle.io/directory/northern-sun-intercollegiate) — 15 schools, 1,222 positions - [Rocky Mountain Athletic](https://gowhistle.io/directory/rocky-mountain-athletic) — 15 schools, 949 positions - [California Collegiate Athletic Association](https://gowhistle.io/directory/california-collegiate-athletic-association) — 14 schools, 703 positions - [Independent](https://gowhistle.io/directory/independent) — 14 schools, 640 positions - [Southern Intercollegiate Athletic](https://gowhistle.io/directory/southern-intercollegiate-athletic) — 14 schools, 566 positions - [Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association](https://gowhistle.io/directory/mid-america-intercollegiate-athletics-association) — 13 schools, 975 positions ## Frequently asked questions **How many athletics staff work in the Sunshine State?** 776 tracked positions across 11 covered athletic departments as of 15 Oct 2026, of which 407 are coaching roles and 38 are athletics-director or sport-administrator roles. **Which Sunshine State school has the largest athletic department?** Florida Southern College lists 107 staff positions in its official athletics directory (verified 15 Oct 2026), the most in the Sunshine State 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](https://gowhistle.io/remove-my-info). Selling into the Sunshine State? [Unlock every contact](https://gowhistle.io/pricing) — emails, phones and hiring alerts for all 11 departments, or [buy the conference as a one-time dataset](https://gowhistle.io/data). --- Whistle (Whistle Athletics) is a collegiate athletics sales-intelligence platform: staff directories, hiring signals and contact data for vendors selling into NCAA athletic departments. Public pages show counts and roles only, never personal contact details. Site summary: https://gowhistle.io/llms.txt