# Equipment staff in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate

Northern Sun Intercollegiate athletic departments list 11 equipment staff positions across 6 of the 15 covered schools as of 15 Oct 2026 — 1% of the conference's 1,174 tracked positions, an average of 1.8 per department that has the function. Minnesota State University-Mankato has the most (4). No equipment hires, departures or title changes were detected in the last 90 days.

_Data as of 15 Oct 2026._
Source: the official athletics staff directories of the 15 covered Northern Sun Intercollegiate schools, re-read on a rolling schedule; roles classified from published titles; changes from successive reads.
_Canonical URL: https://gowhistle.io/directory/northern-sun-intercollegiate/roles/equipment_

## Equipment in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate at a glance

- **Conference:** [Northern Sun Intercollegiate](https://gowhistle.io/directory/northern-sun-intercollegiate) — NCAA Division II
- **Schools covered:** 15
- **Schools with equipment staff:** 6 (40%)
- **Equipment positions:** 11 (1% of 1,174 tracked positions)
- **Average per department with the function:** 1.8
- **Changes, last 90 days:** 0 hires · 0 departures · 0 title changes

## How many equipment staff does each Northern Sun Intercollegiate 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) |
| --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| [Minnesota State University-Mankato](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/minn-st-mankato) | Division II | 4 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Bemidji State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/bemidji-st) | Division II | 2 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of Minnesota-Duluth](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/minn-duluth) | Division II | 2 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Augustana University (SD)](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/augustana-sd) | Division II | 1 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [St. Cloud State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/st-cloud-st) | Division II | 1 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of Mary](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/mary) | Division II | 1 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Concordia University, St. Paul](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/concordia-st-paul) | Division II | 0 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Minnesota State Univ.-Moorhead](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/minn-st-moorhead) | — | 0 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Minot State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/minot-st) | Division II | 0 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Northern State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/northern-st) | Division II | 0 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Southwest Minnesota St. University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/southwest-minn-st) | Division II | 0 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of Minnesota-Crookston](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/minn-crookston) | Division II | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of Sioux Falls](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/sioux-falls) | Division II | 0 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Wayne State College](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/wayne-st-ne) | Division II | 0 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Winona State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/winona-st) | Division II | 0 | 59 | 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 Northern Sun Intercollegiate

- [Marketing & fan experience in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate](https://gowhistle.io/directory/northern-sun-intercollegiate/roles/marketing) — 11 positions at 8 schools
- [Communications & media relations in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate](https://gowhistle.io/directory/northern-sun-intercollegiate/roles/communications) — 33 positions at 15 schools
- [Compliance in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate](https://gowhistle.io/directory/northern-sun-intercollegiate/roles/compliance) — 16 positions at 14 schools
- [Development & fundraising in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate](https://gowhistle.io/directory/northern-sun-intercollegiate/roles/development) — 15 positions at 10 schools
- [Facilities & event operations in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate](https://gowhistle.io/directory/northern-sun-intercollegiate/roles/facilities-event-ops) — 19 positions at 8 schools
- [Strength & conditioning in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate](https://gowhistle.io/directory/northern-sun-intercollegiate/roles/strength-conditioning) — 39 positions at 14 schools
- [Athletic training & sports medicine in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate](https://gowhistle.io/directory/northern-sun-intercollegiate/roles/athletic-training) — 119 positions at 15 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 Northern Sun Intercollegiate 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 Northern Sun Intercollegiate?**

11 current positions across 6 covered Northern Sun Intercollegiate athletic departments as of 15 Oct 2026; Minnesota State University-Mankato lists the most (4).

**Which Northern Sun Intercollegiate school has the largest equipment staff?**

Minnesota State University-Mankato, with 4 equipment staff positions out of 121 tracked positions.

**How much turnover is there in Northern Sun Intercollegiate equipment roles?**

0 changes in the last 90 days: 0 hires, 0 departures, 0 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 equipment staff in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate? [Whistle](https://gowhistle.io/pricing) lists every one of these 11 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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