# Equipment staff in the Southland

Southland athletic departments list 11 equipment staff positions across 10 of the 11 covered schools as of 3 Nov 2026 — 1% of the conference's 1,111 tracked positions, an average of 1.1 per department that has the function. University of Texas Rio Grande Valley 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 11 covered Southland schools, re-read on a rolling schedule; roles classified from published titles; changes from successive reads.
_Canonical URL: https://gowhistle.io/directory/southland/roles/equipment_

## Equipment in the Southland at a glance

- **Conference:** [Southland](https://gowhistle.io/directory/southland) — NCAA Division I
- **Schools covered:** 11
- **Schools with equipment staff:** 10 (91%)
- **Equipment positions:** 11 (1% of 1,111 tracked positions)
- **Average per department with the function:** 1.1
- **Changes, last 90 days:** 1 hires · 0 departures · 0 title changes

## How many equipment staff does each Southland 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) |
| --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| [University of Texas Rio Grande Valley](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/utrgv) | Division I | 2 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Houston Christian University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/hcu) | Division I | 1 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Lamar University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/lamar) | Division I | 1 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [McNeese State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/mcneese) | Division I | 1 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Nicholls State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/nicholls) | Division I | 1 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Northwestern State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/northwesternstate) | Division I | 1 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Southeastern Louisiana University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/southeasternla) | Division I | 1 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Stephen F. Austin State University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/stephen-f-austin) | Division I | 1 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of New Orleans](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/uno) | Division I | 1 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| [University of the Incarnate Word](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/uiw) | Division I | 1 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/tamucc) | Division I | 0 | 89 | 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 Southland

- [Ticketing in the Southland](https://gowhistle.io/directory/southland/roles/ticketing) — 17 positions at 11 schools
- [Marketing & fan experience in the Southland](https://gowhistle.io/directory/southland/roles/marketing) — 13 positions at 7 schools
- [Communications & media relations in the Southland](https://gowhistle.io/directory/southland/roles/communications) — 35 positions at 11 schools
- [Compliance in the Southland](https://gowhistle.io/directory/southland/roles/compliance) — 17 positions at 9 schools
- [Development & fundraising in the Southland](https://gowhistle.io/directory/southland/roles/development) — 17 positions at 10 schools
- [Facilities & event operations in the Southland](https://gowhistle.io/directory/southland/roles/facilities-event-ops) — 20 positions at 8 schools
- [Video & analytics in the Southland](https://gowhistle.io/directory/southland/roles/video) — 31 positions at 11 schools
- [Strength & conditioning in the Southland](https://gowhistle.io/directory/southland/roles/strength-conditioning) — 48 positions at 11 schools
- [Athletic training & sports medicine in the Southland](https://gowhistle.io/directory/southland/roles/athletic-training) — 125 positions at 11 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 Southland 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 Southland?**

11 current positions across 10 covered Southland athletic departments as of 3 Nov 2026; University of Texas Rio Grande Valley lists the most (2).

**Which Southland school has the largest equipment staff?**

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, with 2 equipment staff positions out of 121 tracked positions.

**How much turnover is there in Southland 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 Southland? [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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