MAC athletic departments list 182 athletic-training and sports-medicine staff positions across 12 of the 13 covered schools as of 3 Nov 2026 — 9% of the conference's 1,990 tracked positions, an average of 15.2 per department that has the function. University of Akron has the most (22). In the last 90 days Whistle detected 4 hires, 1 departure and 0 title changes in these roles.
Data as of 3 Nov 2026.
Source: the official athletics staff directories of the 13 covered MAC schools, re-read on a rolling schedule; roles classified from published titles; changes from successive reads.
One row per covered department. "Positions" counts current (non-departed) staff whose classified role or published title places them in athletic training & sports medicine; 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 | Athletic training & sports medicine positions | All tracked positions | Hires (90d) | Departures (90d) | Title changes (90d) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Akron | Division I | 22 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bowling Green State University | Division I | 21 | 144 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Western Michigan University | Division I | 18 | 158 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Central Michigan University | Division I | 17 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Massachusetts Amherst | Division I | 16 | 189 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| University of Toledo | Division I | 15 | 148 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Eastern Michigan University | Division I | 14 | 164 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ohio University | Division I | 13 | 149 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| University at Buffalo | Division I | 13 | 160 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Northern Illinois University | Division I | 12 | 133 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ball State University | Division I | 11 | 163 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Miami University | Division I | 10 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kent State University | Division I | 0 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Athletic training & sports medicine is the buying group for electronic medical records, injury-tracking and concussion tools, treatment and recovery equipment, insurance and telehealth providers. Typical titles in this group: Head Athletic Trainer; Director of Sports Medicine; Assistant Athletic Trainer, Football. 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.
Positions are counted from each person's published job title, classified into Whistle's role vocabulary (shared/staff-roles.ts); this group is the "athletic_trainer" 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 MAC schools have the function and they list at least 10 positions between them; smaller combinations are kept out of search indexes.
182 current positions across 12 covered MAC athletic departments as of 3 Nov 2026; University of Akron lists the most (22).
University of Akron, with 22 athletic-training and sports-medicine staff positions out of 130 tracked positions.
5 changes in the last 90 days: 4 hires, 1 departure, 0 title changes, after excluding first reads and same-day re-reads.
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.