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Development & fundraising staff in the ACC

ACC athletic departments list 229 development and fundraising staff positions across 18 of the 18 covered schools as of 3 Nov 2026 — 4% of the conference's 6,086 tracked positions, an average of 12.7 per department that has the function. Florida State University has the most (22). In the last 90 days Whistle detected 3 hires, 2 departures and 10 title changes in these roles.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Source: the official athletics staff directories of the 18 covered ACC schools, re-read on a rolling schedule; roles classified from published titles; changes from successive reads.

Development & fundraising in the ACC at a glance

Conference: ACC — NCAA Division I
Schools covered: 18
Schools with development & fundraising staff: 18 (100%)
Development & fundraising positions: 229 (4% of 6,086 tracked positions)
Average per department with the function: 12.7
Changes, last 90 days: 3 hires · 2 departures · 10 title changes

How many development and fundraising staff does each ACC school have?

One row per covered department. "Positions" counts current (non-departed) staff whose classified role or published title places them in development & fundraising; 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	Development & fundraising positions	All tracked positions	Hires (90d)	Departures (90d)	Title changes (90d)
Florida State University	Division I	22	361	1	1	1
Wake Forest University	Division I	20	291	0	1	0
University of Virginia	Division I	19	328	1	0	0
University of California, Berkeley	Division I	17	399	0	0	0
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Division I	16	444	0	0	0
Clemson University	Division I	15	392	0	0	0
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Division I	15	377	0	0	0
North Carolina State University	Division I	14	341	0	0	0
Duke University	Division I	13	380	0	0	0
Stanford University	Division I	12	404	0	0	3
Syracuse University	Division I	11	265	0	0	0
University of Pittsburgh	Division I	11	296	0	0	1
University of Louisville	Division I	10	349	0	0	0
University of Notre Dame	Division I	10	362	0	0	1
Georgia Institute of Technology	Division I	7	259	0	0	0
Southern Methodist University	Division I	7	251	1	0	4
University of Miami	Division I	6	299	0	0	0
Boston College	Division I	4	288	0	0	0

Who sells to development and fundraising staff?

Development & fundraising is the buying group for donor CRM and advancement platforms, giving-day and crowdfunding tools, premium-seating and hospitality vendors. Typical titles in this group: Associate AD for Development; Director of Annual Giving; Major Gifts Officer; Executive Director, Athletics Foundation. 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 ACC

Ticketing in the ACC — 134 positions at 18 schools
Marketing & fan experience in the ACC — 125 positions at 18 schools
Communications & media relations in the ACC — 191 positions at 18 schools
Compliance in the ACC — 71 positions at 18 schools
Facilities & event operations in the ACC — 278 positions at 18 schools
Video & analytics in the ACC — 196 positions at 18 schools
Strength & conditioning in the ACC — 211 positions at 18 schools
Athletic training & sports medicine in the ACC — 446 positions at 18 schools
NIL & brand in the ACC — 33 positions at 14 schools
Equipment in the ACC — 117 positions at 18 schools

Development & fundraising in other conferences

Development & fundraising in the Big Ten — 18 schools
Development & fundraising in the SEC — 16 schools
Development & fundraising in the Big 12 — 15 schools
Development & fundraising in the CAA — 14 schools
Development & fundraising in the AAC — 13 schools
Development & fundraising in the Atlantic 10 — 13 schools
Development & fundraising in the MAC — 13 schools
Development & fundraising in the Sun Belt — 13 schools
Development & fundraising in the Big Sky — 12 schools
Development & fundraising in the MVC — 12 schools
Development & fundraising in the ASUN — 11 schools
Development & fundraising in the Big East — 11 schools

Method

Positions are counted when the published job title matches the development & fundraising pattern (and not an exclusion such as student, intern or graduate assistant); the same rule produces the counts and the change tallies.

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 ACC 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 development and fundraising staff work in the ACC?

229 current positions across 18 covered ACC athletic departments as of 3 Nov 2026; Florida State University lists the most (22).

Which ACC school has the largest development & fundraising staff?

Florida State University, with 22 development and fundraising staff positions out of 361 tracked positions.

How much turnover is there in ACC development & fundraising roles?

15 changes in the last 90 days: 3 hires, 2 departures, 10 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.

Selling to development and fundraising staff in the ACC? Whistle lists every one of these 229 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.