by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Basketball at Nebraska Wesleyan University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. NWU plays at the level of NCAA Division III with football as a member of American Rivers Conference.
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The NWU men’s basketball team fields 26 players.
The NWU women’s basketball team carries 21 players.
Across both rosters, NWU fields 47 basketball athletes — 26 on the men’s side and 21 on the women’s.
Among the 13 varsity sports NWU sponsors, basketball ranks #4 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 0 are full-time and 3 part-time. Leading the program is Dale Wellman.
The women’s basketball program carries 1 coach — 1 head coach. Staffing-wise, 0 work full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Sydney Golladay.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 1.
Across the school’s 13 sports, basketball ranks #5 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The NWU men’s basketball program brought in $257,978 in revenue against $242,051 in expenses, netting $15,927. Per athlete, that is about $2,865 in operating expense per athlete, or $74,487 per team.
The NWU women’s basketball program reported $139,045 in revenue against $133,427 in expenses, netting $5,618. This comes to about $3,036 in operating expense per athlete, or $63,763 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $257,978 to the women’s $139,045 in revenue.
Among the school’s 13 sports, basketball sits #2 by revenue, or about 12% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
If NWU earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, you’ll see it called out. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.