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Equipment staff in the Sun Belt

Sun Belt athletic departments list 30 equipment staff positions across 13 of the 13 covered schools as of 2 Nov 2026 — 1% of the conference's 2,036 tracked positions, an average of 2.3 per department that has the function. James Madison University has the most (5). In the last 90 days Whistle detected 0 hires, 0 departures and 1 title change in these roles.

Data as of 2 Nov 2026.

Source: the official athletics staff directories of the 13 covered Sun Belt schools, re-read on a rolling schedule; roles classified from published titles; changes from successive reads.

Equipment in the Sun Belt at a glance

Conference: Sun Belt — NCAA Division I
Schools covered: 13
Schools with equipment staff: 13 (100%)
Equipment positions: 30 (1% of 2,036 tracked positions)
Average per department with the function: 2.3
Changes, last 90 days: 0 hires · 0 departures · 1 title changes

How many equipment staff does each Sun Belt 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	Title changes (90d)
James Madison University	Division I	5	228	0
Marshall University	Division I	4	158	1
Coastal Carolina University	Division I	3	179	0
Georgia State University	Division I	3	155	0
University of Louisiana at Lafayette	Division I	3	134	0
Georgia Southern University	Division I	2	160	0
Old Dominion University	Division I	2	185	0
Troy University	Division I	2	114	0
University of Southern Mississippi	Division I	2	161	0
Appalachian State University	Division I	1	176	0
Arkansas State University	Division I	1	149	0
University of Louisiana at Monroe	Division I	1	86	0
University of South Alabama	Division I	1	151	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 Sun Belt

Ticketing in the Sun Belt — 33 positions at 13 schools
Marketing & fan experience in the Sun Belt — 29 positions at 11 schools
Communications & media relations in the Sun Belt — 62 positions at 13 schools
Compliance in the Sun Belt — 32 positions at 13 schools
Development & fundraising in the Sun Belt — 60 positions at 13 schools
Facilities & event operations in the Sun Belt — 72 positions at 13 schools
Video & analytics in the Sun Belt — 76 positions at 13 schools
Strength & conditioning in the Sun Belt — 90 positions at 13 schools
Athletic training & sports medicine in the Sun Belt — 162 positions at 13 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 Atlantic 10 — 11 schools
Equipment in the Patriot League — 10 schools
Equipment in the Pennsylvania State Athletic — 10 schools
Equipment in the Southland — 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 Sun Belt 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 Sun Belt?

30 current positions across 13 covered Sun Belt athletic departments as of 2 Nov 2026; James Madison University lists the most (5).

Which Sun Belt school has the largest equipment staff?

James Madison University, with 5 equipment staff positions out of 228 tracked positions.

How much turnover is there in Sun Belt equipment roles?

1 change in the last 90 days: 0 hires, 0 departures, 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 Sun Belt? Whistle lists every one of these 30 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.