# Equipment staff in the Big 12

Big 12 athletic departments list 79 equipment staff positions across 15 of the 15 covered schools as of 3 Nov 2026 — 2% of the conference's 4,389 tracked positions, an average of 5.3 per department that has the function. Arizona State University has the most (8). In the last 90 days Whistle detected 0 hires, 0 departures and 1 title change 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.
_Canonical URL: https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-12/roles/equipment_

## Equipment in the Big 12 at a glance

- **Conference:** [Big 12](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-12) — NCAA Division I
- **Schools covered:** 15
- **Schools with equipment staff:** 15 (100%)
- **Equipment positions:** 79 (2% of 4,389 tracked positions)
- **Average per department with the function:** 5.3
- **Changes, last 90 days:** 0 hires · 0 departures · 1 title changes

## How many equipment 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 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) |
| --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| [Arizona State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/arizonastate) | Division I | 8 | 354 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [Brigham Young University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/byu) | Division I | 8 | 319 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Baylor University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/baylor) | Division I | 7 | 289 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [West Virginia University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/westvirginia) | Division I | 7 | 284 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Texas Christian University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/tcu) | Division I | 6 | 290 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Texas Tech University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/texastech) | Division I | 6 | 320 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of Colorado Boulder](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/colorado) | Division I | 6 | 318 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of Central Florida](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/ucf) | Division I | 5 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of Cincinnati](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/cincinnati) | Division I | 5 | 285 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Iowa State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/iowastate) | Division I | 4 | 263 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Kansas State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/kansasstate) | Division I | 4 | 264 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of Houston](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/houston) | Division I | 4 | 233 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of Kansas](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/kansas) | Division I | 4 | 291 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Oklahoma State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/oklahomastate) | Division I | 3 | 348 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of Utah](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/utah) | Division I | 2 | 261 | 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 Big 12

- [Ticketing in the Big 12](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-12/roles/ticketing) — 91 positions at 14 schools
- [Marketing & fan experience in the Big 12](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-12/roles/marketing) — 65 positions at 15 schools
- [Communications & media relations in the Big 12](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-12/roles/communications) — 148 positions at 15 schools
- [Compliance in the Big 12](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-12/roles/compliance) — 66 positions at 13 schools
- [Development & fundraising in the Big 12](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-12/roles/development) — 165 positions at 15 schools
- [Facilities & event operations in the Big 12](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-12/roles/facilities-event-ops) — 177 positions at 15 schools
- [Video & analytics in the Big 12](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-12/roles/video) — 151 positions at 15 schools
- [Strength & conditioning in the Big 12](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-12/roles/strength-conditioning) — 176 positions at 15 schools
- [Athletic training & sports medicine in the Big 12](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-12/roles/athletic-training) — 348 positions at 15 schools
- [NIL & brand in the Big 12](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-12/roles/nil) — 28 positions at 10 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 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 Big 12 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 Big 12?**

79 current positions across 15 covered Big 12 athletic departments as of 3 Nov 2026; Arizona State University lists the most (8).

**Which Big 12 school has the largest equipment staff?**

Arizona State University, with 8 equipment staff positions out of 354 tracked positions.

**How much turnover is there in Big 12 equipment roles?**

1 change in the last 90 days: 0 hires, 0 departures, 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 Big 12? [Whistle](https://gowhistle.io/pricing) lists every one of these 79 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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