# Equipment staff in the Mountain West

Mountain West athletic departments list 27 equipment staff positions across 7 of the 7 covered schools as of 3 Nov 2026 — 2% of the conference's 1,324 tracked positions, an average of 3.9 per department that has the function. United States Air Force Academy has the most (8). In the last 90 days Whistle detected 1 hire, 0 departures and 1 title change in these roles.

_Data as of 3 Nov 2026._
Source: the official athletics staff directories of the 7 covered Mountain West schools, re-read on a rolling schedule; roles classified from published titles; changes from successive reads.
_Canonical URL: https://gowhistle.io/directory/mountain-west/roles/equipment_

## Equipment in the Mountain West at a glance

- **Conference:** [Mountain West](https://gowhistle.io/directory/mountain-west) — NCAA Division I
- **Schools covered:** 7
- **Schools with equipment staff:** 7 (100%)
- **Equipment positions:** 27 (2% of 1,324 tracked positions)
- **Average per department with the function:** 3.9
- **Changes, last 90 days:** 1 hires · 0 departures · 1 title changes

## How many equipment staff does each Mountain West school have?

One row per covered department. "Positions" counts current (non-departed) staff whose classified role or published title places them in equipment; 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 | Equipment positions | All tracked positions | Hires (90d) | Departures (90d) | Title changes (90d) |
| --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| [United States Air Force Academy](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/airforce) | Division I | 8 | 269 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of Nevada, Las Vegas](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/unlv) | Division I | 4 | 211 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of New Mexico](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/newmexico) | Division I | 4 | 166 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [San Jose State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/sanjosestate) | Division I | 3 | 154 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of Hawaii at Manoa](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/hawaii) | Division I | 3 | 165 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of Nevada, Reno](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/nevada) | Division I | 3 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of Wyoming](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/wyoming) | Division I | 2 | 179 | 1 | 0 | 1 |

## Who sells to equipment staff?

Equipment is the buying group for apparel and footwear brands, protective equipment, laundry and inventory systems, team-store and licensing vendors. Typical titles in this group: Director of Equipment Operations; Equipment Manager, Football; Assistant Equipment 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 Mountain West

- [Ticketing in the Mountain West](https://gowhistle.io/directory/mountain-west/roles/ticketing) — 24 positions at 7 schools
- [Marketing & fan experience in the Mountain West](https://gowhistle.io/directory/mountain-west/roles/marketing) — 24 positions at 7 schools
- [Communications & media relations in the Mountain West](https://gowhistle.io/directory/mountain-west/roles/communications) — 37 positions at 7 schools
- [Compliance in the Mountain West](https://gowhistle.io/directory/mountain-west/roles/compliance) — 26 positions at 7 schools
- [Development & fundraising in the Mountain West](https://gowhistle.io/directory/mountain-west/roles/development) — 37 positions at 7 schools
- [Facilities & event operations in the Mountain West](https://gowhistle.io/directory/mountain-west/roles/facilities-event-ops) — 45 positions at 7 schools
- [Video & analytics in the Mountain West](https://gowhistle.io/directory/mountain-west/roles/video) — 25 positions at 7 schools
- [Strength & conditioning in the Mountain West](https://gowhistle.io/directory/mountain-west/roles/strength-conditioning) — 58 positions at 7 schools
- [Athletic training & sports medicine in the Mountain West](https://gowhistle.io/directory/mountain-west/roles/athletic-training) — 129 positions at 7 schools

## Equipment in other conferences

- [Equipment in the ACC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/acc/roles/equipment) — 18 schools
- [Equipment in the Big Ten](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-ten/roles/equipment) — 18 schools
- [Equipment in the SEC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/sec/roles/equipment) — 16 schools
- [Equipment in the Big 12](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-12/roles/equipment) — 15 schools
- [Equipment in the AAC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/aac/roles/equipment) — 13 schools
- [Equipment in the Big Sky](https://gowhistle.io/directory/big-sky/roles/equipment) — 13 schools
- [Equipment in the CAA](https://gowhistle.io/directory/caa/roles/equipment) — 13 schools
- [Equipment in the MAC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/mac/roles/equipment) — 13 schools
- [Equipment in the Sun Belt](https://gowhistle.io/directory/sun-belt/roles/equipment) — 13 schools
- [Equipment in the Atlantic 10](https://gowhistle.io/directory/atlantic-10/roles/equipment) — 11 schools
- [Equipment in the Patriot League](https://gowhistle.io/directory/patriot-league/roles/equipment) — 10 schools
- [Equipment in the Pennsylvania State Athletic](https://gowhistle.io/directory/pennsylvania-state-athletic/roles/equipment) — 10 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 "equipment" 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 Mountain West 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 equipment staff work in the Mountain West?**

27 current positions across 7 covered Mountain West athletic departments as of 3 Nov 2026; United States Air Force Academy lists the most (8).

**Which Mountain West school has the largest equipment staff?**

United States Air Force Academy, with 8 equipment staff positions out of 269 tracked positions.

**How much turnover is there in Mountain West equipment roles?**

2 changes in the last 90 days: 1 hire, 0 departures, 1 title change, 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 equipment staff in the Mountain West? [Whistle](https://gowhistle.io/pricing) lists every one of these 27 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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