Compliance staff in the Big 12

Big 12 athletic departments list 66 compliance staff positions across 13 of the 15 covered schools as of 3 Nov 2026 — 2% of the conference's 4,389 tracked positions, an average of 5.1 per department that has the function. Texas Tech University has the most (11). In the last 90 days Whistle detected 1 hire, 5 departures and 4 title changes in these roles.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Source: the official athletics staff directories of the 15 covered Big 12 schools, re-read on a rolling schedule; roles classified from published titles; changes from successive reads.

Compliance in the Big 12 at a glance

Conference

Big 12 — NCAA Division I

Schools covered

15

Schools with compliance staff

13 (87%)

Compliance positions

66 (2% of 4,389 tracked positions)

Average per department with the function

5.1

Changes, last 90 days

1 hires · 5 departures · 4 title changes

How many compliance staff does each Big 12 school have?

One row per covered department. "Positions" counts current (non-departed) staff whose classified role or published title places them in compliance; changes are non-baseline hires, departures and title changes in those positions over the last 90 days, with same-day directory re-reads excluded.

Who sells to compliance staff?

Compliance is the buying group for compliance software, eligibility and roster-management platforms, NIL disclosure tools and education providers. Typical titles in this group: Associate AD for Compliance; Director of Compliance & Eligibility; Compliance 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 Big 12

• Ticketing in the Big 12 — 91 positions at 14 schools
• Marketing & fan experience in the Big 12 — 65 positions at 15 schools
• Communications & media relations in the Big 12 — 148 positions at 15 schools
• Development & fundraising in the Big 12 — 165 positions at 15 schools
• Facilities & event operations in the Big 12 — 177 positions at 15 schools
• Video & analytics in the Big 12 — 151 positions at 15 schools
• Strength & conditioning in the Big 12 — 176 positions at 15 schools
• Athletic training & sports medicine in the Big 12 — 348 positions at 15 schools
• NIL & brand in the Big 12 — 28 positions at 10 schools
• Equipment in the Big 12 — 79 positions at 15 schools

Compliance in other conferences

• Compliance in the ACC — 18 schools
• Compliance in the Big Ten — 18 schools
• Compliance in the Lone Star — 16 schools
• Compliance in the SEC — 16 schools
• Compliance in the Carolinas — 15 schools
• Compliance in the Atlantic 10 — 14 schools
• Compliance in the Big Sky — 14 schools
• Compliance in the Great Lakes Valley — 14 schools
• Compliance in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate — 14 schools
• Compliance in the ASUN — 13 schools
• Compliance in the CAA — 13 schools
• Compliance in the MAC — 13 schools

Method

Positions are counted when the published job title matches the compliance 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 Big 12 schools have the function and they list at least 10 positions between them; smaller combinations are kept out of search indexes.

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