# Equipment staff in the AAC

AAC athletic departments list 40 equipment staff positions across 13 of the 13 covered schools as of 3 Nov 2026 — 2% of the conference's 2,386 tracked positions, an average of 3.1 per department that has the function. University of South Florida has the most (6). In the last 90 days Whistle detected 2 hires, 1 departure and 2 title changes in these roles.

_Data as of 3 Nov 2026._
Source: the official athletics staff directories of the 13 covered AAC schools, re-read on a rolling schedule; roles classified from published titles; changes from successive reads.
_Canonical URL: https://gowhistle.io/directory/aac/roles/equipment_

## Equipment in the AAC at a glance

- **Conference:** [AAC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/aac) — NCAA Division I
- **Schools covered:** 13
- **Schools with equipment staff:** 13 (100%)
- **Equipment positions:** 40 (2% of 2,386 tracked positions)
- **Average per department with the function:** 3.1
- **Changes, last 90 days:** 2 hires · 1 departures · 2 title changes

## How many equipment staff does each AAC school have?

One row per covered department. "Positions" counts current (non-departed) staff whose classified role or published title places them in equipment; 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 | Equipment positions | All tracked positions | Hires (90d) | Departures (90d) | Title changes (90d) |
| --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| [University of South Florida](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/southflorida) | Division I | 6 | 314 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Temple University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/temple) | Division I | 5 | 230 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [Rice University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/rice) | Division I | 4 | 157 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of Memphis](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/memphis) | Division I | 4 | 206 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [East Carolina University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/eastcarolina) | Division I | 3 | 191 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Florida Atlantic University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/fau) | Division I | 3 | 193 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of Alabama at Birmingham](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/uab) | Division I | 3 | 171 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of North Carolina at Charlotte](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/charlotte) | Division I | 3 | 186 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Tulane University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/tulane) | Division I | 2 | 177 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| [University of Texas at San Antonio](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/utsa) | Division I | 2 | 147 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of Tulsa](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/tulsa) | Division I | 2 | 161 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Wichita State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/wichitastate) | Division I | 2 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of North Texas](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/northtexas) | Division I | 1 | 137 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Who sells to equipment staff?

Equipment is the buying group for apparel and footwear brands, protective equipment, laundry and inventory systems, team-store and licensing vendors. Typical titles in this group: Director of Equipment Operations; Equipment Manager, Football; Assistant Equipment Manager. 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.

## Other staff functions in the AAC

- [Ticketing in the AAC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/aac/roles/ticketing) — 52 positions at 13 schools
- [Marketing & fan experience in the AAC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/aac/roles/marketing) — 51 positions at 13 schools
- [Communications & media relations in the AAC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/aac/roles/communications) — 70 positions at 13 schools
- [Compliance in the AAC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/aac/roles/compliance) — 37 positions at 12 schools
- [Development & fundraising in the AAC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/aac/roles/development) — 72 positions at 13 schools
- [Facilities & event operations in the AAC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/aac/roles/facilities-event-ops) — 105 positions at 13 schools
- [Video & analytics in the AAC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/aac/roles/video) — 77 positions at 13 schools
- [Strength & conditioning in the AAC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/aac/roles/strength-conditioning) — 102 positions at 13 schools
- [Athletic training & sports medicine in the AAC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/aac/roles/athletic-training) — 215 positions at 13 schools
- [NIL & brand in the AAC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/aac/roles/nil) — 12 positions at 8 schools

## Equipment in other conferences

- [Equipment in the ACC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/acc/roles/equipment) — 18 schools
- [Equipment in the Big Ten](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-ten/roles/equipment) — 18 schools
- [Equipment in the SEC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/sec/roles/equipment) — 16 schools
- [Equipment in the Big 12](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-12/roles/equipment) — 15 schools
- [Equipment in the Big Sky](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-sky/roles/equipment) — 13 schools
- [Equipment in the CAA](https://gowhistle.io/directory/caa/roles/equipment) — 13 schools
- [Equipment in the MAC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/mac/roles/equipment) — 13 schools
- [Equipment in the Sun Belt](https://gowhistle.io/directory/sun-belt/roles/equipment) — 13 schools
- [Equipment in the Atlantic 10](https://gowhistle.io/directory/atlantic-10/roles/equipment) — 11 schools
- [Equipment in the Patriot League](https://gowhistle.io/directory/patriot-league/roles/equipment) — 10 schools
- [Equipment in the Pennsylvania State Athletic](https://gowhistle.io/directory/pennsylvania-state-athletic/roles/equipment) — 10 schools
- [Equipment in the Southland](https://gowhistle.io/directory/southland/roles/equipment) — 10 schools

## Method

Positions are counted from each person's published job title, classified into Whistle's role vocabulary (shared/staff-roles.ts); this group is the "equipment" 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 AAC schools have the function and they list at least 10 positions between them; smaller combinations are kept out of search indexes.

## Frequently asked questions

**How many equipment staff work in the AAC?**

40 current positions across 13 covered AAC athletic departments as of 3 Nov 2026; University of South Florida lists the most (6).

**Which AAC school has the largest equipment staff?**

University of South Florida, with 6 equipment staff positions out of 314 tracked positions.

**How much turnover is there in AAC equipment roles?**

5 changes in the last 90 days: 2 hires, 1 departure, 2 title changes, after excluding first reads and same-day re-reads.

**Where does this staff 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 to equipment staff in the AAC? [Whistle](https://gowhistle.io/pricing) lists every one of these 40 positions with name and title, emails and phones where the directory publishes them, and an alert when one changes. Or [buy the conference as a one-time dataset](https://gowhistle.io/data).

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