by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Cross Country at Knox College, a fall sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Knox plays at the level of NCAA Division III with football as a member of Midwest Conference.
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The Knox men’s cross country team lists 8 student athletes.
The Knox women’s cross country team fields 6 student athletes.
Combined, Knox fields 14 cross country athletes — 8 on the men’s side and 6 on the women’s.
Among the 11 varsity sports Knox reports, cross country sits at #9 by total roster size.
The men’s cross country program employs 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 2 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Mark Nelson.
The women’s cross country program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 1 are full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Mark Nelson.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
Among the school’s 11 sports, cross country sits #3 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Knox men’s cross country program brought in $66,400 in revenue against $48,366 in expenses, a net profit of $18,034. That works out to about $1,425 in operating expense per athlete, or $11,400 per team.
The Knox women’s cross country program reported $53,810 in revenue against $38,556 in expenses, netting $15,254. This comes to about $1,817 in operating expense per athlete, or $10,901 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $66,400 to the women’s $53,810 in revenue.
Against the school’s 11 sports, cross country ranks #7 by revenue, accounting for 5% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
If Knox places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.