Athletic departments
Most coaches per athlete
Varsity athletes for every head or assistant coach across the department — the lower, the more attention each player gets.
1.4
#1 · Gordon College
Division III · Conference of New England · Wenham, MA
7.4
Median
of 1,060 schools, all divisions
5.3×
Median vs top
how many times the median the leader is below
3.9
10th place
the cut for a top-ten list
Top 15
Every school, all divisions
#1 · Gordon Collegeevery school
The spread across 1,060 schools; the median is 7.4.
How it is measured
Head and assistant coach counts (people, not full-time equivalents) over unduplicated athletes.
Related
The full list · top 100
| # | School | Athletes per coach | Athletes | Teams | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gordon College Division III · Conference of New England · Wenham, MA | 1.4 | 77 | 22 | |
| 2 | Queens College (New York) Division II · East Coast Conference · Queens, NY | 1.7 | 76 | 11 | |
| 3 | Randolph College Division III · Old Dominion Athletic Conf. · Lynchburg, VA | 1.7 | 65 | 17 | |
| 4 | Oakland University Division I · Horizon League · Rochester Hills, MI | 1.8 | 95 | 14 | |
| 5 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Division III · Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Stevens Point, WI | 2.2 | 210 | 24 | |
| 6 | Cornell College Division III · Midwest Conference · Mt. Vernon, IA | 2.3 | 153 | 18 | |
| 7 | University of Mount Olive Division II · Conference Carolinas · Mount Olive, NC | 2.8 | 117 | 19 | |
| 8 | Virginia State University Division II · Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association · Petersburg, VA | 3.8 | 163 | 15 | |
| 9 | College of Staten Island Division II · East Coast Conference · Staten Island, NY | 3.9 | 203 | 12 | |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Division III · Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · La Crosse, WI | 3.9 | 647 | 19 | |
| 11 | Adelphi University Division II · Northeast 10 Conference · Garden City, NY | 4.1 | 414 | 20 | |
| 12 | Houston Christian University Division I · Southland Conference · Houston, TX | 4.1 | 230 | 13 | |
| 13 | Illinois Institute of Technology Division III · Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference · Chicago, IL | 4.1 | 304 | 17 | |
| 14 | Wilmington University (Delaware) Division II · Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference · New Castle, DE | 4.1 | 314 | 15 | |
| 15 | Berea College Division III · Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference · Berea, KY | 4.2 | 215 | 14 | |
| 16 | The University of Southern Mississippi Division I · Sun Belt Conference · Hattiesburg, MS | 4.2 | 368 | 14 | |
| 17 | William Paterson University of New Jersey Division III · New Jersey Athletic Conference · Wayne, NJ | 4.2 | 227 | 13 | |
| 18 | Lancaster Bible College Division III · United East Conference · Lancaster, PA | 4.3 | 279 | 16 | |
| 19 | Oglethorpe University Division III · Southern Athletic Association · Atlanta, GA | 4.3 | 313 | 14 | |
| 20 | Webster University Division III · St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · St. Louis, MO | 4.3 | 250 | 14 | |
| 21 | Northwest Nazarene University Division II · Great Northwest Athletic Conference · Nampa, ID | 4.4 | 258 | 11 | |
| 22 | University of Missouri-Kansas City Division I · The Summit League · Kansas City, MO | 4.4 | 109 | 10 | |
| 23 | DePaul University Division I · BIG EAST Conference · Chicago, IL | 4.5 | 218 | 11 | |
| 24 | Lewis & Clark College Division III · Northwest Conference · Portland, OR | 4.5 | 421 | 21 | |
| 25 | Minot State University Division II · Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference · Minot, ND | 4.5 | 215 | 13 | |
| 26 | Notre Dame of Maryland University Division III · United East Conference · Baltimore, MD | 4.5 | 159 | 12 | |
| 27 | California Institute of Technology Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Pasadena, CA | 4.6 | 263 | 16 | |
| 28 | Daemen University Division II · East Coast Conference · Amherst, NY | 4.6 | 221 | 11 | |
| 29 | State University of New York at Cortland Division III · State University of New York Athletic Conference · Cortland, NY | 4.6 | 597 | 23 | |
| 30 | University of Puget Sound Division III · Northwest Conference · Tacoma, WA | 4.6 | 437 | 19 | |
| 31 | York College (New York) Division III · City University of New York Athletic Conference · Jamaica, NY | 4.6 | 124 | 13 | |
| 32 | Augsburg University Division III · Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Minneapolis, MN | 4.7 | 417 | 19 | |
| 33 | Bethany Lutheran College Division III · Upper Midwest Athletic Conference · Mankato, MN | 4.7 | 275 | 15 | |
| 34 | Brooklyn College Division III · City University of New York Athletic Conference · Brooklyn, NY | 4.7 | 178 | 13 | |
| 35 | Cairn University Division III · United East Conference · Langhorne, PA | 4.7 | 207 | 13 | |
| 36 | California State University, Northridge Division I · Big West Conference · Northridge, CA | 4.8 | 315 | 15 | |
| 37 | Macalester College Division III · Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · St. Paul, MN | 4.8 | 420 | 17 | |
| 38 | Martin Luther College Division III · Upper Midwest Athletic Conference · NEW ULM, MN | 4.8 | 253 | 16 | |
| 39 | Penn State Harrisburg Division III · United East Conference · Middletown, PA | 4.8 | 285 | 15 | |
| 40 | D'Youville University Division II · East Coast Conference · Buffalo, NY | 4.9 | 316 | 16 | |
| 41 | Hood College Division III · Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth · Frederick, MD | 4.9 | 383 | 22 | |
| 42 | Ramapo College Division III · New Jersey Athletic Conference · Mahwah, NJ | 4.9 | 307 | 16 | |
| 43 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Division I · Southland Conference · Corpus Christi, TX | 4.9 | 251 | 12 | |
| 44 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside Division II · Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Kenosha, WI | 4.9 | 313 | 12 | |
| 45 | University of Wisconsin-Superior Division III · Upper Midwest Athletic Conference · Superior, WI | 4.9 | 349 | 17 | |
| 46 | Wheaton College (Illinois) Division III · College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin · Wheaton, IL | 4.9 | 502 | 17 | |
| 47 | Whitworth University Division III · Northwest Conference · Spokane, WA | 4.9 | 530 | 19 | |
| 48 | Belmont University Division I · Missouri Valley Conference · Nashville, TN | 5.0 | 249 | 13 | |
| 49 | Marymount University (Virginia) Division III · Atlantic East Conference · Arlington, VA | 5.0 | 432 | 22 | |
| 50 | Pacific Lutheran University Division III · Northwest Conference · Tacoma, WA | 5.0 | 391 | 18 | |
| 51 | Samford University Division I · Southern Conference · Birmingham, AL | 5.0 | 388 | 13 | |
| 52 | Sonoma State University Division II · California Collegiate Athletic Association · Rohnert Park, CA | 5.0 | 227 | 11 | |
| 53 | State University of New York Polytechnic Institute Division III · Empire 8 · Utica, NY | 5.0 | 211 | 13 | |
| 54 | Baruch College Division III · City University of New York Athletic Conference · New York, NY | 5.1 | 213 | 13 | |
| 55 | Colorado State University Division I · Pac-12 Conference · Fort Collins, CO | 5.1 | 375 | 12 | |
| 56 | Gallaudet University Division III · United East Conference · Washington, DC | 5.1 | 235 | 13 | |
| 57 | Gwynedd Mercy University Division III · Atlantic East Conference · Gwynedd Valley, PA | 5.1 | 248 | 12 | |
| 58 | Hawaii Pacific University Division II · Pacific West Conference · Honolulu, HI | 5.1 | 259 | 15 | |
| 59 | Hilbert College Division III · Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference · Hamburg, NY | 5.1 | 266 | 16 | |
| 60 | Neumann University Division III · Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth · Aston, PA | 5.1 | 350 | 19 | |
| 61 | Purdue University Northwest Division II · Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Hammond, IN | 5.1 | 304 | 15 | |
| 62 | Rutgers, The State Univ. of New Jersey, Newark Division III · New Jersey Athletic Conference · Newark, NJ | 5.1 | 238 | 10 | |
| 63 | The University of North Carolina at Greensboro Division I · Southern Conference · Greensboro, NC | 5.1 | 238 | 13 | |
| 64 | University of La Verne Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · La Verne, CA | 5.1 | 421 | 18 | |
| 65 | University of North Carolina Wilmington Division I · Coastal Athletic Association · Wilmington, NC | 5.1 | 359 | 16 | |
| 66 | University of Texas at Arlington Division I · United Athletic Conference · Arlington, TX | 5.1 | 246 | 11 | |
| 67 | Western Washington University Division II · Great Northwest Athletic Conference · Bellingham, WA | 5.1 | 297 | 11 | |
| 68 | Wichita State University Division I · American Conference · Wichita, KS | 5.1 | 287 | 11 | |
| 69 | Albertus Magnus College Division III · Great Northeast Athletic Conference · New Haven, CT | 5.2 | 274 | 18 | |
| 70 | Chaminade University Division II · Pacific West Conference · Honolulu, HI | 5.2 | 199 | 12 | |
| 71 | DeSales University Division III · Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom · Center Valley, PA | 5.2 | 367 | 17 | |
| 72 | Elizabethtown College Division III · Landmark Conference · Elizabethtown, PA | 5.2 | 465 | 20 | |
| 73 | Florida Gulf Coast University Division I · Atlantic Sun Conference · Fort Myers, FL | 5.2 | 265 | 15 | |
| 74 | Occidental College Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Los Angeles, CA | 5.2 | 374 | 18 | |
| 75 | Purdue University Fort Wayne Division I · Horizon League · Fort Wayne, IN | 5.2 | 282 | 14 | |
| 76 | University of Cincinnati Division I · Big 12 Conference · Cincinnati, OH | 5.2 | 447 | 14 | |
| 77 | Lipscomb University Division I · Atlantic Sun Conference · Nashville, TN | 5.3 | 262 | 13 | |
| 78 | Pomona-Pitzer Colleges Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Claremont, CA | 5.3 | 542 | 21 | |
| 79 | Rowan University Division III · New Jersey Athletic Conference · Glassboro, NJ | 5.3 | 495 | 14 | |
| 80 | University of Colorado Boulder Division I · Big 12 Conference · Boulder, CO | 5.3 | 372 | 11 | |
| 81 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Division I · Big Ten Conference · Champaign, IL | 5.3 | 479 | 16 | |
| 82 | University of Valley Forge Division III · United East Conference · Phoenixville, PA | 5.3 | 138 | 12 | |
| 83 | Vermont State University Castleton Division III · Little East Conference · Castleton, VT | 5.3 | 797 | 22 | |
| 84 | Vermont State University-Johnson Division III · North Atlantic Conference · Johnson, VT | 5.3 | 797 | 22 | |
| 85 | Vermont State University Lyndon Division III · North Atlantic Conference · Lyndonville, VT | 5.3 | 797 | 22 | |
| 86 | Yeshiva University Division III · Skyline Conference · New York, NY | 5.3 | 227 | 13 | |
| 87 | Bethel University (Minnesota) Division III · Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · St. Paul, MN | 5.4 | 472 | 18 | |
| 88 | California State University, San Bernardino Division II · California Collegiate Athletic Association · San Bernardino, CA | 5.4 | 222 | 10 | |
| 89 | Coppin State University Division I · Mid-Eastern Athletic Conf. · Baltimore, MD | 5.4 | 152 | 9 | |
| 90 | Emerson College Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Boston, MA | 5.4 | 222 | 14 | |
| 91 | John Jay College of Criminal Justice Division III · City University of New York Athletic Conference · New York, NY | 5.4 | 227 | 13 | |
| 92 | Kean University Division III · New Jersey Athletic Conference · Union, NJ | 5.4 | 499 | 20 | |
| 93 | Loyola University Chicago Division I · Atlantic 10 Conference · Chicago, IL | 5.4 | 216 | 11 | |
| 94 | Malone University Division II · Great Midwest Athletic Conference · Canton, OH | 5.4 | 427 | 15 | |
| 95 | Marquette University Division I · BIG EAST Conference · Milwaukee, WI | 5.4 | 329 | 12 | |
| 96 | Principia College Division III · St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Elsah, IL | 5.4 | 163 | 13 | |
| 97 | Rivier University Division III · Great Northeast Athletic Conference · Nashua, NH | 5.4 | 321 | 15 | |
| 98 | Roberts Wesleyan University Division II · East Coast Conference · Rochester, NY | 5.4 | 408 | 15 | |
| 99 | St. Joseph's University, New York L.I. Division III · Skyline Conference · Patchogue, NY | 5.4 | 423 | 17 | |
| 100 | St. Joseph's University NY (Brooklyn) Division III · Skyline Conference · Brooklyn, NY | 5.4 | 423 | 17 |
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