# Equipment staff in the Big Sky

Big Sky athletic departments list 31 equipment staff positions across 13 of the 14 covered schools as of 3 Nov 2026 — 2% of the conference's 1,613 tracked positions, an average of 2.4 per department that has the function. California State University, Sacramento has the most (4). 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 14 covered Big Sky schools, re-read on a rolling schedule; roles classified from published titles; changes from successive reads.
_Canonical URL: https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-sky/roles/equipment_

## Equipment in the Big Sky at a glance

- **Conference:** [Big Sky](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-sky) — NCAA Division I
- **Schools covered:** 14
- **Schools with equipment staff:** 13 (93%)
- **Equipment positions:** 31 (2% of 1,613 tracked positions)
- **Average per department with the function:** 2.4
- **Changes, last 90 days:** 0 hires · 0 departures · 1 title changes

## How many equipment staff does each Big Sky 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) |
| --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| [California State University, Sacramento](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/sacramentostate) | Division I | 4 | 154 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Northern Arizona University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/northernarizona) | Division I | 4 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Portland State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/portlandstate) | Division I | 4 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of California, Davis](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/ucdavis) | Division I | 4 | 179 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [California Polytechnic State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/cal-poly) | Division I | 2 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Idaho State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/idahostate) | Division I | 2 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Montana State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/montanastate) | Division I | 2 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Southern Utah University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/southernutah) | Division I | 2 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of Idaho](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/idaho) | Division I | 2 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of Northern Colorado](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/northerncolorado) | Division I | 2 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Eastern Washington University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/easternwash) | Division I | 1 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Utah Tech University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/utah-tech) | Division I | 1 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Weber State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/webstate) | Division I | 1 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of Montana](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/montana) | Division I | 0 | 116 | 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 Sky

- [Ticketing in the Big Sky](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-sky/roles/ticketing) — 26 positions at 12 schools
- [Marketing & fan experience in the Big Sky](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-sky/roles/marketing) — 27 positions at 14 schools
- [Communications & media relations in the Big Sky](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-sky/roles/communications) — 50 positions at 14 schools
- [Compliance in the Big Sky](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-sky/roles/compliance) — 31 positions at 14 schools
- [Development & fundraising in the Big Sky](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-sky/roles/development) — 40 positions at 12 schools
- [Facilities & event operations in the Big Sky](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-sky/roles/facilities-event-ops) — 39 positions at 13 schools
- [Video & analytics in the Big Sky](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-sky/roles/video) — 54 positions at 13 schools
- [Strength & conditioning in the Big Sky](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-sky/roles/strength-conditioning) — 64 positions at 14 schools
- [Athletic training & sports medicine in the Big Sky](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-sky/roles/athletic-training) — 143 positions at 14 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 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 Sky 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 Sky?**

31 current positions across 13 covered Big Sky athletic departments as of 3 Nov 2026; California State University, Sacramento lists the most (4).

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

California State University, Sacramento, with 4 equipment staff positions out of 154 tracked positions.

**How much turnover is there in Big Sky 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 Sky? [Whistle](https://gowhistle.io/pricing) lists every one of these 31 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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