# Equipment staff in the Big East

Big East athletic departments list 24 equipment staff positions across 9 of the 11 covered schools as of 1 Nov 2026 — 1% of the conference's 1,712 tracked positions, an average of 2.7 per department that has the function. University of Connecticut has the most (6). No equipment hires, departures or title changes were detected in the last 90 days.

_Data as of 1 Nov 2026._
Source: the official athletics staff directories of the 11 covered Big East schools, re-read on a rolling schedule; roles classified from published titles; changes from successive reads.
_Canonical URL: https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-east/roles/equipment_

## Equipment in the Big East at a glance

- **Conference:** [Big East](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-east) — NCAA Division I
- **Schools covered:** 11
- **Schools with equipment staff:** 9 (82%)
- **Equipment positions:** 24 (1% of 1,712 tracked positions)
- **Average per department with the function:** 2.7
- **Changes, last 90 days:** 0 hires · 0 departures · 0 title changes

## How many equipment staff does each Big East 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) |
| --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| [University of Connecticut](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/uconn) | Division I | 6 | 288 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Georgetown University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/georgetown) | Division I | 4 | 158 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Villanova University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/villanova) | Division I | 4 | 205 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [St. John's University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/stjohns) | Division I | 3 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Butler University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/butler) | Division I | 2 | 159 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Providence College](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/providence) | Division I | 2 | 183 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Creighton University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/creighton) | Division I | 1 | 132 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [DePaul University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/depaul) | Division I | 1 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Seton Hall University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/setonhall) | Division I | 1 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Marquette University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/marquette) | Division I | 0 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Xavier University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/xavier) | Division I | 0 | 111 | 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 East

- [Ticketing in the Big East](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-east/roles/ticketing) — 44 positions at 11 schools
- [Marketing & fan experience in the Big East](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-east/roles/marketing) — 35 positions at 11 schools
- [Communications & media relations in the Big East](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-east/roles/communications) — 59 positions at 11 schools
- [Compliance in the Big East](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-east/roles/compliance) — 29 positions at 11 schools
- [Development & fundraising in the Big East](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-east/roles/development) — 57 positions at 11 schools
- [Facilities & event operations in the Big East](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-east/roles/facilities-event-ops) — 55 positions at 11 schools
- [Video & analytics in the Big East](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-east/roles/video) — 28 positions at 10 schools
- [Strength & conditioning in the Big East](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-east/roles/strength-conditioning) — 54 positions at 10 schools
- [Athletic training & sports medicine in the Big East](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-east/roles/athletic-training) — 147 positions at 11 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 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

## 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 East 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 East?**

24 current positions across 9 covered Big East athletic departments as of 1 Nov 2026; University of Connecticut lists the most (6).

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

University of Connecticut, with 6 equipment staff positions out of 288 tracked positions.

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

0 changes in the last 90 days: 0 hires, 0 departures, 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](https://gowhistle.io/remove-my-info).

Selling to equipment staff in the Big East? [Whistle](https://gowhistle.io/pricing) lists every one of these 24 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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