The SWAC has 13 athletic departments covered by Whistle with 1,107 tracked staff positions as of 25 Oct 2026 (NCAA Division I): 425 coaches including 135 head coaches, 101 sport-operations staff, 28 video & analytics staff and 79 in athletics leadership. The largest department is Alabama A&M University (128 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.
| School | Division | Location | Tracked positions | Directory verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama A&M University | Division I | Normal, Alabama | 128 | 2026-10-24 |
| Alabama State University | Division I | Montgomery, Alabama | 102 | 2026-10-24 |
| Alcorn State University | Division I | Lorman, Mississippi | 65 | 2026-10-25 |
| Bethune-Cookman University | Division I | Daytona Beach, Florida | 78 | 2026-10-25 |
| Florida A&M University | Division I | Tallahassee, Florida | 101 | 2026-10-24 |
| Grambling State University | Division I | Grambling, Louisiana | 69 | 2026-10-22 |
| Jackson State University | Division I | Jackson, Mississippi | 69 | 2026-10-24 |
| Mississippi Valley State University | Division I | Itta Bena, Mississippi | 42 | 2026-10-24 |
| Prairie View A&M University | Division I | Prairie View, Texas | 81 | 2026-10-25 |
| Southern University | Division I | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | 104 | 2026-10-25 |
| Texas Southern University | Division I | Houston, Texas | 88 | 2026-10-25 |
| University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | Division I | Pine Bluff, Arkansas | 90 | 2026-10-25 |
| University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff | Division I | Pine Bluff, Arkansas | 90 | 2026-10-22 |
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 group | Positions | Share of staff |
|---|---|---|
| Head coaches | 135 | 12% |
| All coaches (head, associate, assistant, coordinators) | 425 | 38% |
| Sport operations, recruiting & equipment | 101 | 9% |
| Video & analytics | 28 | 3% |
| Strength & conditioning, athletic training, sports science | 100 | 9% |
| Athletics directors, senior leadership & sport administrators | 79 | 7% |
1,107 tracked positions across 13 covered athletic departments as of 25 Oct 2026, of which 425 are coaching roles and 79 are athletics-director or sport-administrator roles.
Alabama A&M University lists 128 staff positions in its official athletics directory (verified 24 Oct 2026), the most in the SWAC among covered schools.
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.