2 of the 8 WCC athletic departments covered by Whistle (25%) use Van Wagner, the multimedia rights / sponsorship sales, as of 4 Nov 2026: Pepperdine University, University of Portland. Across all 1,085 covered NCAA departments, 40 use Van Wagner (4%), so the WCC is above the national adoption rate. Among multimedia rights vendors detected in the WCC, Van Wagner ranks No. 2 of 3.
Data as of 4 Nov 2026.
Source: automated detection on each WCC department's public athletics website, vendor partner pages, job postings and staff titles, medium or higher confidence only; 8 covered WCC schools, 1,085 covered NCAA schools in total.
| School | Division | Location | Tracked staff positions | Directory last read |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pepperdine University | Division I | Malibu, California | 101 | 2026-11-01 |
| University of Portland | Division I | Portland, Oregon | 96 | 2026-11-01 |
Vendors in the same category detected at covered WCC 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 | WCC schools | Share of covered schools |
|---|---|---|
| Learfield | 2 | 25% |
| **Van Wagner** | 2 | 25% |
| Playfly Sports | 1 | 13% |
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 WCC schools use the vendor; smaller combinations are kept out of search indexes. The conference's own page is WCC Athletics Staff Directory; every Van Wagner school nationally is on Which colleges use Van Wagner?.
2 of the 8 covered WCC athletic departments (25%) as of 4 Nov 2026: Pepperdine University, University of Portland.
25% of covered WCC schools use Van Wagner against 4% of all 1,085 covered NCAA athletic departments.
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.
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.