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Strength & conditioning staff in the Big Ten

Big Ten athletic departments list 250 strength and conditioning staff positions across 18 of the 18 covered schools as of 3 Nov 2026 — 4% of the conference's 6,872 tracked positions, an average of 13.9 per department that has the function. University of Minnesota has the most (22). In the last 90 days Whistle detected 8 hires, 4 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.

Strength & conditioning in the Big Ten at a glance

Conference: Big Ten — NCAA Division I
Schools covered: 18
Schools with strength & conditioning staff: 18 (100%)
Strength & conditioning positions: 250 (4% of 6,872 tracked positions)
Average per department with the function: 13.9
Changes, last 90 days: 8 hires · 4 departures · 14 title changes

How many strength and conditioning 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 strength & conditioning; 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	Strength & conditioning positions	All tracked positions	Hires (90d)	Departures (90d)	Title changes (90d)
University of Minnesota	Division I	22	386	0	0	0
Pennsylvania State University	Division I	21	476	0	0	1
The Ohio State University	Division I	20	634	0	1	5
Rutgers University	Division I	16	382	3	0	2
University of Michigan	Division I	16	496	0	0	0
University of Iowa	Division I	15	302	1	0	0
University of Wisconsin–Madison	Division I	14	461	0	0	0
Northwestern University	Division I	13	302	0	0	0
University of California, Los Angeles	Division I	13	373	0	0	0
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	Division I	13	383	0	0	2
University of Nebraska–Lincoln	Division I	13	397	2	0	1
University of Southern California	Division I	13	330	0	0	0
Indiana University Bloomington	Division I	11	301	1	1	1
Purdue University	Division I	11	355	0	0	0
University of Maryland	Division I	11	358	0	0	0
University of Washington	Division I	11	389	0	0	0
University of Oregon	Division I	9	245	1	1	0
Michigan State University	Division I	8	302	0	1	2

Who sells to strength and conditioning staff?

Strength & conditioning is the buying group for weight-room equipment, force plates and velocity-based-training systems, athlete-monitoring and GPS platforms, nutrition suppliers. Typical titles in this group: Director of Strength & Conditioning; Assistant Strength Coach; Head Olympic Sports Strength Coach. 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 — 152 positions at 18 schools
Marketing & fan experience in the Big Ten — 148 positions at 18 schools
Communications & media relations in the Big Ten — 181 positions at 17 schools
Compliance in the Big Ten — 97 positions at 18 schools
Development & fundraising in the Big Ten — 271 positions at 18 schools
Facilities & event operations in the Big Ten — 387 positions at 18 schools
Video & analytics in the Big Ten — 201 positions at 18 schools
Athletic training & sports medicine in the Big Ten — 549 positions at 18 schools
NIL & brand in the Big Ten — 50 positions at 15 schools
Equipment in the Big Ten — 139 positions at 18 schools

Strength & conditioning in other conferences

Strength & conditioning in the ACC — 18 schools
Strength & conditioning in the Lone Star — 16 schools
Strength & conditioning in the SEC — 16 schools
Strength & conditioning in the Big 12 — 15 schools
Strength & conditioning in the Carolinas — 15 schools
Strength & conditioning in the Great Lakes Valley — 15 schools
Strength & conditioning in the Atlantic 10 — 14 schools
Strength & conditioning in the Big Sky — 14 schools
Strength & conditioning in the CAA — 14 schools
Strength & conditioning in the California Collegiate Athletic Association — 14 schools
Strength & conditioning in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate — 14 schools
Strength & conditioning in the AAC — 13 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 "strength_conditioning" 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 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 strength and conditioning staff work in the Big Ten?

250 current positions across 18 covered Big Ten athletic departments as of 3 Nov 2026; University of Minnesota lists the most (22).

Which Big Ten school has the largest strength & conditioning staff?

University of Minnesota, with 22 strength and conditioning staff positions out of 386 tracked positions.

How much turnover is there in Big Ten strength & conditioning roles?

26 changes in the last 90 days: 8 hires, 4 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.

Selling to strength and conditioning staff in the Big Ten? Whistle lists every one of these 250 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.