# Facilities & event operations staff in the Big Ten

Big Ten athletic departments list 387 facilities and event-operations staff positions across 18 of the 18 covered schools as of 3 Nov 2026 — 6% of the conference's 6,872 tracked positions, an average of 21.5 per department that has the function. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has the most (48). In the last 90 days Whistle detected 7 hires, 3 departures and 14 title changes in these roles.

_Data as of 3 Nov 2026._
Source: the official athletics staff directories of the 18 covered Big Ten schools, re-read on a rolling schedule; roles classified from published titles; changes from successive reads.
_Canonical URL: https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-ten/roles/facilities-event-ops_

## Facilities & event operations in the Big Ten at a glance

- **Conference:** [Big Ten](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-ten) — NCAA Division I
- **Schools covered:** 18
- **Schools with facilities & event operations staff:** 18 (100%)
- **Facilities & event operations positions:** 387 (6% of 6,872 tracked positions)
- **Average per department with the function:** 21.5
- **Changes, last 90 days:** 7 hires · 3 departures · 14 title changes

## How many facilities and event-operations staff does each Big Ten school have?

One row per covered department. "Positions" counts current (non-departed) staff whose classified role or published title places them in facilities & event operations; 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 | Facilities & event operations positions | All tracked positions | Hires (90d) | Departures (90d) | Title changes (90d) |
| --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| [University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/illinois) | Division I | 48 | 383 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| [University of Michigan](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/michigan) | Division I | 34 | 496 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [The Ohio State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/ohiostate) | Division I | 33 | 634 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Purdue University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/purdue) | Division I | 32 | 355 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of Nebraska–Lincoln](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/nebraska) | Division I | 30 | 397 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| [Pennsylvania State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/pennstate) | Division I | 26 | 476 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of Minnesota](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/minnesota) | Division I | 22 | 386 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of California, Los Angeles](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/ucla) | Division I | 20 | 373 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [University of Oregon](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/oregon) | Division I | 19 | 245 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [University of Wisconsin–Madison](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/wisconsin) | Division I | 19 | 461 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of Iowa](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/iowa) | Division I | 17 | 302 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| [Northwestern University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/northwestern) | Division I | 16 | 302 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Michigan State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/michiganstate) | Division I | 15 | 302 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| [University of Maryland](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/maryland) | Division I | 14 | 358 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| [University of Washington](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/washington) | Division I | 12 | 389 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| [Rutgers University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/rutgers) | Division I | 11 | 382 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| [University of Southern California](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/usc) | Division I | 11 | 330 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Indiana University Bloomington](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/indiana) | Division I | 8 | 301 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

## Who sells to facilities and event-operations staff?

Facilities & event operations is the buying group for turf, lighting, scoreboard and AV vendors, event-staffing and security providers, facility-management and scheduling software. Typical titles in this group: Director of Athletic Facilities; Assistant AD for Event Management; Game Operations Coordinator; Grounds 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 Ten

- [Ticketing in the Big Ten](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-ten/roles/ticketing) — 152 positions at 18 schools
- [Marketing & fan experience in the Big Ten](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-ten/roles/marketing) — 148 positions at 18 schools
- [Communications & media relations in the Big Ten](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-ten/roles/communications) — 181 positions at 17 schools
- [Compliance in the Big Ten](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-ten/roles/compliance) — 97 positions at 18 schools
- [Development & fundraising in the Big Ten](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-ten/roles/development) — 271 positions at 18 schools
- [Video & analytics in the Big Ten](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-ten/roles/video) — 201 positions at 18 schools
- [Strength & conditioning in the Big Ten](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-ten/roles/strength-conditioning) — 250 positions at 18 schools
- [Athletic training & sports medicine in the Big Ten](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-ten/roles/athletic-training) — 549 positions at 18 schools
- [NIL & brand in the Big Ten](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-ten/roles/nil) — 50 positions at 15 schools
- [Equipment in the Big Ten](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-ten/roles/equipment) — 139 positions at 18 schools

## Facilities & event operations in other conferences

- [Facilities & event operations in the ACC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/acc/roles/facilities-event-ops) — 18 schools
- [Facilities & event operations in the SEC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/sec/roles/facilities-event-ops) — 16 schools
- [Facilities & event operations in the Big 12](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-12/roles/facilities-event-ops) — 15 schools
- [Facilities & event operations in the Atlantic 10](https://gowhistle.io/directory/atlantic-10/roles/facilities-event-ops) — 14 schools
- [Facilities & event operations in the CAA](https://gowhistle.io/directory/caa/roles/facilities-event-ops) — 14 schools
- [Facilities & event operations in the AAC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/aac/roles/facilities-event-ops) — 13 schools
- [Facilities & event operations in the Big Sky](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-sky/roles/facilities-event-ops) — 13 schools
- [Facilities & event operations in the Sun Belt](https://gowhistle.io/directory/sun-belt/roles/facilities-event-ops) — 13 schools
- [Facilities & event operations in the MAC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/mac/roles/facilities-event-ops) — 12 schools
- [Facilities & event operations in the MVC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/mvc/roles/facilities-event-ops) — 12 schools
- [Facilities & event operations in the ASUN](https://gowhistle.io/directory/asun/roles/facilities-event-ops) — 11 schools
- [Facilities & event operations in the Big East](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-east/roles/facilities-event-ops) — 11 schools

## Method

Positions are counted when the published job title matches the facilities & event operations 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 Ten 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 facilities and event-operations staff work in the Big Ten?**

387 current positions across 18 covered Big Ten athletic departments as of 3 Nov 2026; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign lists the most (48).

**Which Big Ten school has the largest facilities & event operations staff?**

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, with 48 facilities and event-operations staff positions out of 383 tracked positions.

**How much turnover is there in Big Ten facilities & event operations roles?**

24 changes in the last 90 days: 7 hires, 3 departures, 14 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 facilities and event-operations staff in the Big Ten? [Whistle](https://gowhistle.io/pricing) lists every one of these 387 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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