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Which MVC schools use Van Wagner?

2 of the 12 MVC athletic departments covered by Whistle (17%) use Van Wagner, the multimedia rights / sponsorship sales, as of 4 Nov 2026: University of Illinois Chicago, Valparaiso University. Across all 1,085 covered NCAA departments, 40 use Van Wagner (4%), so the MVC is above the national adoption rate. Among multimedia rights vendors detected in the MVC, Van Wagner ranks No. 2 of 2.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Source: automated detection on each MVC department's public athletics website, vendor partner pages, job postings and staff titles, medium or higher confidence only; 12 covered MVC schools, 1,085 covered NCAA schools in total.

Van Wagner in the MVC at a glance

Vendor: Van Wagner — Multimedia rights / sponsorship sales
Category: Multimedia rights
Conference: MVC
MVC schools using it: 2 of 12 covered (17%)
All NCAA schools using it: 40 of 1,085 covered (4%)
Rank among multimedia rights vendors in the MVC: No. 2 of 2

Which MVC schools use Van Wagner?

School	Division	Location	Tracked staff positions	Directory last read
University of Illinois Chicago	Division I	Chicago, Illinois	111	2026-11-02
Valparaiso University	Division I	Valparaiso, Indiana	102	2026-11-01

Which other multimedia rights vendors do MVC schools use?

Vendors in the same category detected at covered MVC departments. A school can appear under more than one vendor when it runs, say, one system for season tickets and another for single-game sales.

Vendor	MVC schools	Share of covered schools
Learfield	8	67%
Van Wagner	2	17%

Where else is Van Wagner used?

Van Wagner in the Conference USA — 7 schools
Van Wagner in the MAC — 5 schools
Van Wagner in the MAAC — 4 schools
Van Wagner in the CAA — 3 schools
Van Wagner in the ASUN — 2 schools
Van Wagner in the Atlantic 10 — 2 schools
Van Wagner in the Patriot League — 2 schools
Van Wagner in the Southern Conference — 2 schools
Van Wagner in the Sun Belt — 2 schools
Van Wagner in the WCC — 2 schools

Method

A school is listed when its public athletics website, a vendor partner page, a job posting or a staff title references Van Wagner with at least medium confidence. Detection is automated and re-run as directories refresh: absence means not detected, not not used, and contracts change, so confirm with the department before relying on a single listing.

This page is published when at least 2 covered MVC schools use the vendor; smaller combinations are kept out of search indexes. The conference's own page is MVC Athletics Staff Directory; every Van Wagner school nationally is on Which colleges use Van Wagner?.

Frequently asked questions

How many MVC schools use Van Wagner?

2 of the 12 covered MVC athletic departments (17%) as of 4 Nov 2026: University of Illinois Chicago, Valparaiso University.

Is Van Wagner more common in the MVC than elsewhere?

17% of covered MVC schools use Van Wagner against 4% of all 1,085 covered NCAA athletic departments.

Who at these schools buys or runs multimedia rights?

The multimedia rights staff listed in each department's directory. Whistle shows their names, titles, emails and phones (where published) on paid plans, with alerts when the role changes hands.

Where does this technology 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 against Van Wagner in the MVC, or integrating with it? Whistle gives you the current multimedia rights contacts at each of these schools and tells you when someone new takes over.