# Equipment staff in the Southern Conference

Southern Conference athletic departments list 15 equipment staff positions across 9 of the 10 covered schools as of 3 Nov 2026 — 1% of the conference's 1,063 tracked positions, an average of 1.7 per department that has the function. The Citadel has the most (2). In the last 90 days Whistle detected 1 hire, 0 departures and 0 title changes in these roles.

_Data as of 3 Nov 2026._
Source: the official athletics staff directories of the 10 covered Southern Conference schools, re-read on a rolling schedule; roles classified from published titles; changes from successive reads.
_Canonical URL: https://gowhistle.io/directory/southern-conference/roles/equipment_

## Equipment in the Southern Conference at a glance

- **Conference:** [Southern Conference](https://gowhistle.io/directory/southern-conference) — NCAA Division I
- **Schools covered:** 10
- **Schools with equipment staff:** 9 (90%)
- **Equipment positions:** 15 (1% of 1,063 tracked positions)
- **Average per department with the function:** 1.7
- **Changes, last 90 days:** 1 hires · 0 departures · 0 title changes

## How many equipment staff does each Southern Conference 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) |
| --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| [The Citadel](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/citadel) | Division I | 2 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of North Carolina at Greensboro](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/uncgreensboro) | Division I | 2 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of Tennessee at Chattanooga](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/chattanooga) | Division I | 2 | 134 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| [Virginia Military Institute](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/vmi) | Division I | 2 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Western Carolina University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/westerncarolina) | Division I | 2 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Wofford College](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/wofford) | Division I | 2 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [East Tennessee State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/etsu) | Division I | 1 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Furman University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/furman) | Division I | 1 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Mercer University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/mercer) | Division I | 1 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Samford University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/samford) | Division I | 0 | 125 | 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 Southern Conference

- [Ticketing in the Southern Conference](https://gowhistle.io/directory/southern-conference/roles/ticketing) — 15 positions at 9 schools
- [Marketing & fan experience in the Southern Conference](https://gowhistle.io/directory/southern-conference/roles/marketing) — 18 positions at 10 schools
- [Communications & media relations in the Southern Conference](https://gowhistle.io/directory/southern-conference/roles/communications) — 33 positions at 10 schools
- [Compliance in the Southern Conference](https://gowhistle.io/directory/southern-conference/roles/compliance) — 16 positions at 10 schools
- [Development & fundraising in the Southern Conference](https://gowhistle.io/directory/southern-conference/roles/development) — 24 positions at 8 schools
- [Facilities & event operations in the Southern Conference](https://gowhistle.io/directory/southern-conference/roles/facilities-event-ops) — 30 positions at 9 schools
- [Video & analytics in the Southern Conference](https://gowhistle.io/directory/southern-conference/roles/video) — 28 positions at 8 schools
- [Strength & conditioning in the Southern Conference](https://gowhistle.io/directory/southern-conference/roles/strength-conditioning) — 43 positions at 10 schools
- [Athletic training & sports medicine in the Southern Conference](https://gowhistle.io/directory/southern-conference/roles/athletic-training) — 115 positions at 10 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 Southern Conference 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 Southern Conference?**

15 current positions across 9 covered Southern Conference athletic departments as of 3 Nov 2026; The Citadel lists the most (2).

**Which Southern Conference school has the largest equipment staff?**

The Citadel, with 2 equipment staff positions out of 89 tracked positions.

**How much turnover is there in Southern Conference equipment roles?**

1 change in the last 90 days: 1 hire, 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 Southern Conference? [Whistle](https://gowhistle.io/pricing) lists every one of these 15 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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