by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Baseball at Northern Kentucky University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. NKU competes in NCAA Division I without football as a member of Horizon League.
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The NKU men’s baseball team fields 38 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 89. Academic data covers 92 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 12 varsity sports NKU reports, baseball comes in at #4 by total roster size.
The men’s baseball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 3 work full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Dizzy Peyton.
Across the school’s 12 sports, baseball ranks #6 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The NKU men’s baseball program reported $927,555 in revenue against $927,555 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $7,429 in operating expense per athlete, or $282,309 per team.
Against the school’s 12 sports, baseball sits #3 by revenue, or about 5% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s baseball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 994 (991 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 95%. The program kept 98% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 992, baseball sits above average at 994.
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