by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at Northern Arizona University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. NAU is classified as NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Big Sky Conference.
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The NAU men’s basketball team lists 14 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 53. The most recent cohort included 53 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The NAU women’s basketball team carries 13 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 59. The most recent cohort included 55 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, NAU fields 27 basketball athletes — 14 on the men’s side and 13 on the women’s.
Among the 11 varsity sports NAU reports, basketball ranks #4 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Shane Burcar.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 4 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Laura Dinkins.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 4.
Across the school’s 11 sports, basketball ranks #3 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The NAU men’s basketball program generated $1,602,632 in revenue against $1,602,632 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $32,424 in operating expense per athlete, or $453,938 per team.
The NAU women’s basketball program reported $1,622,157 in revenue against $1,622,157 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $39,300 in operating expense per athlete, or $510,896 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team brought in $1,602,632 to the women’s $1,622,157 in revenue.
Among the school’s 11 sports, basketball ranks #2 by revenue, or about 12% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 972 (934 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 50%. It retained 94% of its athletes, with 93% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 984 (974 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 87%. The program kept 95% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 972 and the women 984, with graduation success rates of 50% and 87% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 990, basketball lands below the pack at 978.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.