# Marketing & fan experience staff in the Horizon League

Horizon League athletic departments list 19 marketing and fan-experience staff positions across 10 of the 12 covered schools as of 3 Nov 2026 — 2% of the conference's 1,044 tracked positions, an average of 1.9 per department that has the function. Cleveland State University has the most (3). In the last 90 days Whistle detected 1 hire, 2 departures and 2 title changes in these roles.

_Data as of 3 Nov 2026._
Source: the official athletics staff directories of the 12 covered Horizon League schools, re-read on a rolling schedule; roles classified from published titles; changes from successive reads.
_Canonical URL: https://gowhistle.io/directory/horizon-league/roles/marketing_

## Marketing & fan experience in the Horizon League at a glance

- **Conference:** [Horizon League](https://gowhistle.io/directory/horizon-league) — NCAA Division I
- **Schools covered:** 12
- **Schools with marketing & fan experience staff:** 10 (83%)
- **Marketing & fan experience positions:** 19 (2% of 1,044 tracked positions)
- **Average per department with the function:** 1.9
- **Changes, last 90 days:** 1 hires · 2 departures · 2 title changes

## How many marketing and fan-experience staff does each Horizon League school have?

One row per covered department. "Positions" counts current (non-departed) staff whose classified role or published title places them in marketing & fan experience; 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 | Marketing & fan experience positions | All tracked positions | Hires (90d) | Departures (90d) | Title changes (90d) |
| --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| [Cleveland State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/cleveland-state) | Division I | 3 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Youngstown State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/youngstown-state) | Division I | 3 | 148 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| [Purdue University Fort Wayne](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/purdueftwayne) | Division I | 2 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Robert Morris University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/robertmorris) | Division I | 2 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of Detroit Mercy](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/detroitmercy) | Division I | 2 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of Wisconsin-Green Bay](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/greenBay) | Division I | 2 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/milwaukee) | Division I | 2 | 84 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| [Indiana University Indianapolis](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/iu-indy) | Division I | 1 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/iupui) | Division I | 1 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Oakland University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/oakland) | Division I | 1 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [Northern Kentucky University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/northernkentucky) | Division I | 0 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Wright State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/wright-state) | Division I | 0 | 69 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

## Who sells to marketing and fan-experience staff?

Marketing & fan experience is the buying group for fan-engagement apps, game-presentation and video-board vendors, promotions agencies and marketing-automation platforms. Typical titles in this group: Director of Marketing; Assistant Director, Fan Engagement; Game Presentation Coordinator; Director of Promotions. 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 Horizon League

- [Ticketing in the Horizon League](https://gowhistle.io/directory/horizon-league/roles/ticketing) — 16 positions at 12 schools
- [Communications & media relations in the Horizon League](https://gowhistle.io/directory/horizon-league/roles/communications) — 20 positions at 10 schools
- [Compliance in the Horizon League](https://gowhistle.io/directory/horizon-league/roles/compliance) — 17 positions at 12 schools
- [Development & fundraising in the Horizon League](https://gowhistle.io/directory/horizon-league/roles/development) — 18 positions at 10 schools
- [Facilities & event operations in the Horizon League](https://gowhistle.io/directory/horizon-league/roles/facilities-event-ops) — 20 positions at 10 schools
- [Video & analytics in the Horizon League](https://gowhistle.io/directory/horizon-league/roles/video) — 11 positions at 9 schools
- [Strength & conditioning in the Horizon League](https://gowhistle.io/directory/horizon-league/roles/strength-conditioning) — 37 positions at 12 schools
- [Athletic training & sports medicine in the Horizon League](https://gowhistle.io/directory/horizon-league/roles/athletic-training) — 124 positions at 12 schools
- [Equipment in the Horizon League](https://gowhistle.io/directory/horizon-league/roles/equipment) — 10 positions at 7 schools

## Marketing & fan experience in other conferences

- [Marketing & fan experience in the ACC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/acc/roles/marketing) — 18 schools
- [Marketing & fan experience in the Big Ten](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-ten/roles/marketing) — 18 schools
- [Marketing & fan experience in the SEC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/sec/roles/marketing) — 16 schools
- [Marketing & fan experience in the Big 12](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-12/roles/marketing) — 15 schools
- [Marketing & fan experience in the Big Sky](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-sky/roles/marketing) — 14 schools
- [Marketing & fan experience in the AAC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/aac/roles/marketing) — 13 schools
- [Marketing & fan experience in the Atlantic 10](https://gowhistle.io/directory/atlantic-10/roles/marketing) — 13 schools
- [Marketing & fan experience in the CAA](https://gowhistle.io/directory/caa/roles/marketing) — 12 schools
- [Marketing & fan experience in the MAC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/mac/roles/marketing) — 12 schools
- [Marketing & fan experience in the Big East](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-east/roles/marketing) — 11 schools
- [Marketing & fan experience in the MVC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/mvc/roles/marketing) — 11 schools
- [Marketing & fan experience in the Sun Belt](https://gowhistle.io/directory/sun-belt/roles/marketing) — 11 schools

## Method

Positions are counted when the published job title matches the marketing & fan experience 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 Horizon League 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 marketing and fan-experience staff work in the Horizon League?**

19 current positions across 10 covered Horizon League athletic departments as of 3 Nov 2026; Cleveland State University lists the most (3).

**Which Horizon League school has the largest marketing & fan experience staff?**

Cleveland State University, with 3 marketing and fan-experience staff positions out of 90 tracked positions.

**How much turnover is there in Horizon League marketing & fan experience roles?**

5 changes in the last 90 days: 1 hire, 2 departures, 2 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 marketing and fan-experience staff in the Horizon League? [Whistle](https://gowhistle.io/pricing) lists every one of these 19 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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