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Equipment staff in the SWAC

SWAC athletic departments list 21 equipment staff positions across 9 of the 12 covered schools as of 2 Nov 2026 — 2% of the conference's 958 tracked positions, an average of 2.3 per department that has the function. Alabama A&M University has the most (4). In the last 90 days Whistle detected 1 hire, 0 departures and 0 title changes in these roles.

Data as of 2 Nov 2026.

Source: the official athletics staff directories of the 12 covered SWAC schools, re-read on a rolling schedule; roles classified from published titles; changes from successive reads.

Equipment in the SWAC at a glance

Conference: SWAC — NCAA Division I
Schools covered: 12
Schools with equipment staff: 9 (75%)
Equipment positions: 21 (2% of 958 tracked positions)
Average per department with the function: 2.3
Changes, last 90 days: 1 hires · 0 departures · 0 title changes

How many equipment staff does each SWAC 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)
Alabama A&M University	Division I	4	96	0
Southern University	Division I	4	102	0
Florida A&M University	Division I	3	98	0
Alabama State University	Division I	2	100	0
Prairie View A&M University	Division I	2	80	0
Texas Southern University	Division I	2	86	0
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff	Division I	2	78	0
Bethune-Cookman University	Division I	1	76	1
Grambling State University	Division I	1	66	0
Alcorn State University	Division I	0	63	0
Jackson State University	Division I	0	73	0
Mississippi Valley State University	Division I	0	40	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 SWAC

Ticketing in the SWAC — 12 positions at 8 schools
Communications & media relations in the SWAC — 19 positions at 11 schools
Compliance in the SWAC — 23 positions at 11 schools
Facilities & event operations in the SWAC — 15 positions at 7 schools
Video & analytics in the SWAC — 27 positions at 10 schools
Strength & conditioning in the SWAC — 34 positions at 12 schools
Athletic training & sports medicine in the SWAC — 53 positions at 12 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 Sun Belt — 13 schools
Equipment in the Atlantic 10 — 11 schools
Equipment in the Patriot League — 10 schools
Equipment in the Pennsylvania State Athletic — 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 SWAC 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 SWAC?

21 current positions across 9 covered SWAC athletic departments as of 2 Nov 2026; Alabama A&M University lists the most (4).

Which SWAC school has the largest equipment staff?

Alabama A&M University, with 4 equipment staff positions out of 96 tracked positions.

How much turnover is there in SWAC 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.

Selling to equipment staff in the SWAC? Whistle lists every one of these 21 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.