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NIL & brand staff in the ACC

ACC athletic departments list 33 NIL and athlete-brand staff positions across 14 of the 18 covered schools as of 3 Nov 2026 — 1% of the conference's 6,086 tracked positions, an average of 2.4 per department that has the function. University of Notre Dame has the most (8). In the last 90 days Whistle detected 0 hires, 1 departure and 0 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.

NIL & brand in the ACC at a glance

Conference: ACC — NCAA Division I
Schools covered: 18
Schools with nil & brand staff: 14 (78%)
NIL & brand positions: 33 (1% of 6,086 tracked positions)
Average per department with the function: 2.4
Changes, last 90 days: 0 hires · 1 departures · 0 title changes

How many NIL and athlete-brand 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 nil & brand; 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	NIL & brand positions	All tracked positions	Departures (90d)
University of Notre Dame	Division I	8	362	0
North Carolina State University	Division I	4	341	0
University of Pittsburgh	Division I	3	296	0
Clemson University	Division I	2	392	0
Florida State University	Division I	2	361	0
Southern Methodist University	Division I	2	251	0
Syracuse University	Division I	2	265	0
University of California, Berkeley	Division I	2	399	0
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Division I	2	444	1
University of Virginia	Division I	2	328	0
Duke University	Division I	1	380	0
University of Louisville	Division I	1	349	0
University of Miami	Division I	1	299	0
Wake Forest University	Division I	1	291	0
Boston College	Division I	0	288	0
Georgia Institute of Technology	Division I	0	259	0
Stanford University	Division I	0	404	0
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Division I	0	377	0

Who sells to NIL and athlete-brand staff?

NIL & brand is the buying group for NIL marketplaces and collectives, disclosure and compliance software, brand-building and content agencies, financial-literacy providers. Typical titles in this group: Director of NIL Strategy; Assistant AD for NIL & Brand Development; NIL Coordinator. 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
Development & fundraising in the ACC — 229 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
Equipment in the ACC — 117 positions at 18 schools

NIL & brand in other conferences

Method

Positions are counted when the published job title matches the nil & brand 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 NIL and athlete-brand staff work in the ACC?

33 current positions across 14 covered ACC athletic departments as of 3 Nov 2026; University of Notre Dame lists the most (8).

Which ACC school has the largest nil & brand staff?

University of Notre Dame, with 8 NIL and athlete-brand staff positions out of 362 tracked positions.

How much turnover is there in ACC nil & brand roles?

1 change in the last 90 days: 0 hires, 1 departure, 0 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 NIL and athlete-brand staff in the ACC? Whistle lists every one of these 33 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.