# Facilities & event operations staff in the MAC

MAC athletic departments list 54 facilities and event-operations staff positions across 12 of the 13 covered schools as of 3 Nov 2026 — 3% of the conference's 1,990 tracked positions, an average of 4.5 per department that has the function. Bowling Green State University has the most (8). In the last 90 days Whistle detected 2 hires, 1 departure and 2 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.
_Canonical URL: https://gowhistle.io/directory/mac/roles/facilities-event-ops_

## Facilities & event operations in the MAC at a glance

- **Conference:** [MAC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/mac) — NCAA Division I
- **Schools covered:** 13
- **Schools with facilities & event operations staff:** 12 (92%)
- **Facilities & event operations positions:** 54 (3% of 1,990 tracked positions)
- **Average per department with the function:** 4.5
- **Changes, last 90 days:** 2 hires · 1 departures · 2 title changes

## How many facilities and event-operations staff does each MAC 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) |
| --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| [Bowling Green State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/bowlinggreen) | Division I | 8 | 144 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [University at Buffalo](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/buffalo) | Division I | 8 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Miami University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/miamioh) | Division I | 7 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Western Michigan University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/westernmichigan) | Division I | 6 | 158 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [Eastern Michigan University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/easternmichigan) | Division I | 5 | 164 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| [Ohio University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/ohio) | Division I | 5 | 149 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Northern Illinois University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/northernillinois) | Division I | 4 | 133 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Central Michigan University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/centralmichigan) | Division I | 3 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of Massachusetts Amherst](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/umass) | Division I | 3 | 189 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Ball State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/ballstate) | Division I | 2 | 163 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Kent State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/kentstate) | Division I | 2 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of Akron](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/akron) | Division I | 1 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of Toledo](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/toledo) | Division I | 0 | 148 | 0 | 0 | 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 MAC

- [Ticketing in the MAC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/mac/roles/ticketing) — 34 positions at 12 schools
- [Marketing & fan experience in the MAC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/mac/roles/marketing) — 28 positions at 12 schools
- [Communications & media relations in the MAC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/mac/roles/communications) — 40 positions at 13 schools
- [Compliance in the MAC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/mac/roles/compliance) — 28 positions at 13 schools
- [Development & fundraising in the MAC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/mac/roles/development) — 48 positions at 13 schools
- [Video & analytics in the MAC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/mac/roles/video) — 53 positions at 10 schools
- [Strength & conditioning in the MAC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/mac/roles/strength-conditioning) — 81 positions at 13 schools
- [Athletic training & sports medicine in the MAC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/mac/roles/athletic-training) — 182 positions at 12 schools
- [Equipment in the MAC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/mac/roles/equipment) — 40 positions at 13 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 Big Ten](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-ten/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 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 MAC 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 MAC?**

54 current positions across 12 covered MAC athletic departments as of 3 Nov 2026; Bowling Green State University lists the most (8).

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

Bowling Green State University, with 8 facilities and event-operations staff positions out of 144 tracked positions.

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

5 changes in the last 90 days: 2 hires, 1 departure, 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 facilities and event-operations staff in the MAC? [Whistle](https://gowhistle.io/pricing) lists every one of these 54 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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