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Equipment staff in the MVC

MVC athletic departments list 18 equipment staff positions across 9 of the 12 covered schools as of 3 Nov 2026 — 1% of the conference's 1,356 tracked positions, an average of 2.0 per department that has the function. Illinois State University has the most (4). In the last 90 days Whistle detected 1 hire, 1 departure and 1 title change in these roles.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Source: the official athletics staff directories of the 12 covered MVC schools, re-read on a rolling schedule; roles classified from published titles; changes from successive reads.

Equipment in the MVC at a glance

Conference: MVC — NCAA Division I
Schools covered: 12
Schools with equipment staff: 9 (75%)
Equipment positions: 18 (1% of 1,356 tracked positions)
Average per department with the function: 2.0
Changes, last 90 days: 1 hires · 1 departures · 1 title changes

How many equipment staff does each MVC 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)
Illinois State University	Division I	4	174	0	0	0
Drake University	Division I	2	110	1	1	1
Indiana State University	Division I	2	104	0	0	0
Missouri State University	Division I	2	159	0	0	0
Murray State University	Division I	2	117	0	0	0
Southern Illinois University Carbondale	Division I	2	120	0	0	0
University of Northern Iowa	Division I	2	112	0	0	0
Bradley University	Division I	1	71	0	0	0
University of Illinois Chicago	Division I	1	111	0	0	0
Belmont University	Division I	0	104	0	0	0
University of Evansville	Division I	0	72	0	0	0
Valparaiso University	Division I	0	102	0	0	0

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 MVC

Ticketing in the MVC — 24 positions at 11 schools
Marketing & fan experience in the MVC — 22 positions at 11 schools
Communications & media relations in the MVC — 34 positions at 12 schools
Compliance in the MVC — 20 positions at 11 schools
Development & fundraising in the MVC — 29 positions at 12 schools
Facilities & event operations in the MVC — 37 positions at 12 schools
Video & analytics in the MVC — 29 positions at 11 schools
Strength & conditioning in the MVC — 56 positions at 12 schools
Athletic training & sports medicine in the MVC — 113 positions at 12 schools

Equipment in other conferences

Equipment in the ACC — 18 schools
Equipment in the Big Ten — 18 schools
Equipment in the SEC — 16 schools
Equipment in the Big 12 — 15 schools
Equipment in the AAC — 13 schools
Equipment in the Big Sky — 13 schools
Equipment in the CAA — 13 schools
Equipment in the MAC — 13 schools
Equipment in the Sun Belt — 13 schools
Equipment in the Atlantic 10 — 11 schools
Equipment in the Patriot League — 10 schools
Equipment in the Pennsylvania State Athletic — 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 MVC 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 MVC?

18 current positions across 9 covered MVC athletic departments as of 3 Nov 2026; Illinois State University lists the most (4).

Which MVC school has the largest equipment staff?

Illinois State University, with 4 equipment staff positions out of 174 tracked positions.

How much turnover is there in MVC equipment roles?

3 changes in the last 90 days: 1 hire, 1 departure, 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.

Selling to equipment staff in the MVC? Whistle lists every one of these 18 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.