# 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. _Canonical URL: https://gowhistle.io/technology/van-wagner/mvc_ ## Van Wagner in the MVC at a glance - **Vendor:** [Van Wagner](https://gowhistle.io/technology/van-wagner) — Multimedia rights / sponsorship sales - **Category:** Multimedia rights - **Conference:** [MVC](https://gowhistle.io/directory/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](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/uic) | Division I | Chicago, Illinois | 111 | 2026-11-02 | | [Valparaiso University](https://gowhistle.io/directory/school/valpo) | 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](https://gowhistle.io/technology/learfield/mvc) | 8 | 67% | | **Van Wagner** | 2 | 17% | ## Where else is Van Wagner used? - [Van Wagner in the Conference USA](https://gowhistle.io/technology/van-wagner/conference-usa) — 7 schools - [Van Wagner in the MAC](https://gowhistle.io/technology/van-wagner/mac) — 5 schools - [Van Wagner in the MAAC](https://gowhistle.io/technology/van-wagner/maac) — 4 schools - [Van Wagner in the CAA](https://gowhistle.io/technology/van-wagner/caa) — 3 schools - [Van Wagner in the ASUN](https://gowhistle.io/technology/van-wagner/asun) — 2 schools - [Van Wagner in the Atlantic 10](https://gowhistle.io/technology/van-wagner/atlantic-10) — 2 schools - [Van Wagner in the Patriot League](https://gowhistle.io/technology/van-wagner/patriot-league) — 2 schools - [Van Wagner in the Southern Conference](https://gowhistle.io/technology/van-wagner/southern-conference) — 2 schools - [Van Wagner in the Sun Belt](https://gowhistle.io/technology/van-wagner/sun-belt) — 2 schools - [Van Wagner in the WCC](https://gowhistle.io/technology/van-wagner/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](https://gowhistle.io/directory/mvc); every Van Wagner school nationally is on [Which colleges use Van Wagner?](https://gowhistle.io/technology/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](https://gowhistle.io/pricing), 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](https://gowhistle.io/remove-my-info). Selling against Van Wagner in the MVC, or integrating with it? [Whistle](https://gowhistle.io/pricing) gives you the current multimedia rights contacts at each of these schools and tells you when someone new takes over. --- Whistle (Whistle Athletics) is a collegiate athletics sales-intelligence platform: staff directories, hiring signals and contact data for vendors selling into NCAA athletic departments. Public pages show counts and roles only, never personal contact details. Site summary: https://gowhistle.io/llms.txt