# Facilities & event operations staff in the SEC

SEC athletic departments list 314 facilities and event-operations staff positions across 16 of the 16 covered schools as of 3 Nov 2026 — 5% of the conference's 5,764 tracked positions, an average of 19.6 per department that has the function. University of Tennessee has the most (37). In the last 90 days Whistle detected 7 hires, 11 departures and 6 title changes in these roles.

_Data as of 3 Nov 2026._
Source: the official athletics staff directories of the 16 covered SEC schools, re-read on a rolling schedule; roles classified from published titles; changes from successive reads.
_Canonical URL: https://gowhistle.io/directory/sec/roles/facilities-event-ops_

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

- **Conference:** [SEC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/sec) — NCAA Division I
- **Schools covered:** 16
- **Schools with facilities & event operations staff:** 16 (100%)
- **Facilities & event operations positions:** 314 (5% of 5,764 tracked positions)
- **Average per department with the function:** 19.6
- **Changes, last 90 days:** 7 hires · 11 departures · 6 title changes

## How many facilities and event-operations staff does each SEC 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) |
| --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| [University of Tennessee](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/tennessee) | Division I | 37 | 456 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| [University of South Carolina](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/southcarolina) | Division I | 29 | 338 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Auburn University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/auburn) | Division I | 28 | 414 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of Florida](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/florida) | Division I | 26 | 472 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| [Mississippi State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/mississippistate) | Division I | 25 | 311 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| [University of Georgia](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/georgia) | Division I | 24 | 404 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of Texas at Austin](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/texas) | Division I | 23 | 411 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| [University of Oklahoma](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/oklahoma) | Division I | 20 | 373 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| [University of Missouri](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/missouri) | Division I | 19 | 326 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| [Texas A&M University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/texasam) | Division I | 18 | 369 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of Arkansas](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/arkansas) | Division I | 15 | 250 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| [University of Alabama](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/alabama) | Division I | 13 | 399 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of Mississippi](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/olemiss) | Division I | 12 | 321 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [Louisiana State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/lsu) | Division I | 11 | 378 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Vanderbilt University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/vanderbilt) | Division I | 9 | 267 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of Kentucky](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/kentucky) | Division I | 5 | 275 | 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 SEC

- [Ticketing in the SEC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/sec/roles/ticketing) — 121 positions at 15 schools
- [Marketing & fan experience in the SEC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/sec/roles/marketing) — 111 positions at 16 schools
- [Communications & media relations in the SEC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/sec/roles/communications) — 195 positions at 16 schools
- [Compliance in the SEC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/sec/roles/compliance) — 74 positions at 16 schools
- [Development & fundraising in the SEC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/sec/roles/development) — 197 positions at 16 schools
- [Video & analytics in the SEC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/sec/roles/video) — 270 positions at 16 schools
- [Strength & conditioning in the SEC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/sec/roles/strength-conditioning) — 196 positions at 16 schools
- [Athletic training & sports medicine in the SEC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/sec/roles/athletic-training) — 336 positions at 16 schools
- [NIL & brand in the SEC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/sec/roles/nil) — 53 positions at 14 schools
- [Equipment in the SEC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/sec/roles/equipment) — 82 positions at 16 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 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 MAC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/mac/roles/facilities-event-ops) — 12 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 SEC 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 SEC?**

314 current positions across 16 covered SEC athletic departments as of 3 Nov 2026; University of Tennessee lists the most (37).

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

University of Tennessee, with 37 facilities and event-operations staff positions out of 456 tracked positions.

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

24 changes in the last 90 days: 7 hires, 11 departures, 6 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 SEC? [Whistle](https://gowhistle.io/pricing) lists every one of these 314 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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