# Equipment staff in the ACC

ACC athletic departments list 117 equipment staff positions across 18 of the 18 covered schools as of 3 Nov 2026 — 2% of the conference's 6,086 tracked positions, an average of 6.5 per department that has the function. Duke University has the most (9). In the last 90 days Whistle detected 1 hire, 1 departure and 1 title change 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.
_Canonical URL: https://gowhistle.io/directory/acc/roles/equipment_

## Equipment in the ACC at a glance

- **Conference:** [ACC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/acc) — NCAA Division I
- **Schools covered:** 18
- **Schools with equipment staff:** 18 (100%)
- **Equipment positions:** 117 (2% of 6,086 tracked positions)
- **Average per department with the function:** 6.5
- **Changes, last 90 days:** 1 hires · 1 departures · 1 title changes

## How many equipment 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 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) |
| --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| [Duke University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/duke) | Division I | 9 | 380 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [University of Louisville](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/louisville) | Division I | 9 | 349 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| [North Carolina State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/ncstate) | Division I | 8 | 341 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Stanford University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/stanford) | Division I | 8 | 404 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Boston College](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/bostoncollege) | Division I | 7 | 288 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| [Southern Methodist University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/smu) | Division I | 7 | 251 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Syracuse University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/syracuse) | Division I | 7 | 265 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of Miami](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/miami) | Division I | 7 | 299 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of Virginia](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/virginia) | Division I | 7 | 328 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/virginiatech) | Division I | 7 | 377 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of California, Berkeley](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/cal) | Division I | 6 | 399 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/northcarolina) | Division I | 6 | 444 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Wake Forest University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/wakeforest) | Division I | 6 | 291 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Clemson University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/clemson) | Division I | 5 | 392 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Florida State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/fsu) | Division I | 5 | 361 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Georgia Institute of Technology](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/georgiatech) | Division I | 5 | 259 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of Pittsburgh](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/pittsburgh) | Division I | 5 | 296 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of Notre Dame](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/notredame) | Division I | 3 | 362 | 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 ACC

- [Ticketing in the ACC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/acc/roles/ticketing) — 134 positions at 18 schools
- [Marketing & fan experience in the ACC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/acc/roles/marketing) — 125 positions at 18 schools
- [Communications & media relations in the ACC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/acc/roles/communications) — 191 positions at 18 schools
- [Compliance in the ACC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/acc/roles/compliance) — 71 positions at 18 schools
- [Development & fundraising in the ACC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/acc/roles/development) — 229 positions at 18 schools
- [Facilities & event operations in the ACC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/acc/roles/facilities-event-ops) — 278 positions at 18 schools
- [Video & analytics in the ACC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/acc/roles/video) — 196 positions at 18 schools
- [Strength & conditioning in the ACC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/acc/roles/strength-conditioning) — 211 positions at 18 schools
- [Athletic training & sports medicine in the ACC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/acc/roles/athletic-training) — 446 positions at 18 schools
- [NIL & brand in the ACC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/acc/roles/nil) — 33 positions at 14 schools

## Equipment in other conferences

- [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 AAC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/aac/roles/equipment) — 13 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 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 equipment staff work in the ACC?**

117 current positions across 18 covered ACC athletic departments as of 3 Nov 2026; Duke University lists the most (9).

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

Duke University, with 9 equipment staff positions out of 380 tracked positions.

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

3 changes in the last 90 days: 1 hire, 1 departure, 1 title change, 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 ACC? [Whistle](https://gowhistle.io/pricing) lists every one of these 117 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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