# 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.
_Canonical URL: https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-ten/roles/strength-conditioning_

## Strength & conditioning in the Big Ten at a glance

- **Conference:** [Big Ten](https://gowhistle.io/directory/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](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/minnesota) | Division I | 22 | 386 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Pennsylvania State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/pennstate) | Division I | 21 | 476 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [The Ohio State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/ohiostate) | Division I | 20 | 634 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| [Rutgers University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/rutgers) | Division I | 16 | 382 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| [University of Michigan](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/michigan) | Division I | 16 | 496 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of Iowa](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/iowa) | Division I | 15 | 302 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of Wisconsin–Madison](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/wisconsin) | Division I | 14 | 461 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Northwestern University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/northwestern) | Division I | 13 | 302 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of California, Los Angeles](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/ucla) | Division I | 13 | 373 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/illinois) | Division I | 13 | 383 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| [University of Nebraska–Lincoln](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/nebraska) | Division I | 13 | 397 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| [University of Southern California](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/usc) | Division I | 13 | 330 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Indiana University Bloomington](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/indiana) | Division I | 11 | 301 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| [Purdue University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/purdue) | Division I | 11 | 355 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of Maryland](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/maryland) | Division I | 11 | 358 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of Washington](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/washington) | Division I | 11 | 389 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of Oregon](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/oregon) | Division I | 9 | 245 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| [Michigan State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/michiganstate) | 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](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
- [Facilities & event operations in the Big Ten](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-ten/roles/facilities-event-ops) — 387 positions at 18 schools
- [Video & analytics in the Big Ten](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-ten/roles/video) — 201 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

## Strength & conditioning in other conferences

- [Strength & conditioning in the ACC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/acc/roles/strength-conditioning) — 18 schools
- [Strength & conditioning in the Lone Star](https://gowhistle.io/directory/lone-star/roles/strength-conditioning) — 16 schools
- [Strength & conditioning in the SEC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/sec/roles/strength-conditioning) — 16 schools
- [Strength & conditioning in the Big 12](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-12/roles/strength-conditioning) — 15 schools
- [Strength & conditioning in the Carolinas](https://gowhistle.io/directory/carolinas/roles/strength-conditioning) — 15 schools
- [Strength & conditioning in the Great Lakes Valley](https://gowhistle.io/directory/great-lakes-valley/roles/strength-conditioning) — 15 schools
- [Strength & conditioning in the Atlantic 10](https://gowhistle.io/directory/atlantic-10/roles/strength-conditioning) — 14 schools
- [Strength & conditioning in the Big Sky](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-sky/roles/strength-conditioning) — 14 schools
- [Strength & conditioning in the CAA](https://gowhistle.io/directory/caa/roles/strength-conditioning) — 14 schools
- [Strength & conditioning in the California Collegiate Athletic Association](https://gowhistle.io/directory/california-collegiate-athletic-association/roles/strength-conditioning) — 14 schools
- [Strength & conditioning in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate](https://gowhistle.io/directory/northern-sun-intercollegiate/roles/strength-conditioning) — 14 schools
- [Strength & conditioning in the AAC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/aac/roles/strength-conditioning) — 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](https://gowhistle.io/remove-my-info).

Selling to strength and conditioning staff in the Big Ten? [Whistle](https://gowhistle.io/pricing) 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](https://gowhistle.io/data).

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