by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Basketball at Northern Kentucky University, a winter 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 basketball team carries 16 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 50. The most recent cohort included 50 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The NKU women’s basketball team fields 16 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 51. The NCAA tracked 56 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, NKU carries 32 basketball athletes — 16 on the men’s side and 16 on the women’s.
Among the 12 varsity sports NKU sponsors, basketball comes in at #5 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. In all, 5 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Darrin Horn.
The women’s basketball program employs 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Staffing-wise, 5 are full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Jeff Hans.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 5 coaches to the women’s 6.
Across the school’s 12 sports, basketball sits #2 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The NKU men’s basketball program generated $2,900,297 in revenue against $2,900,297 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $53,376 in operating expense per athlete, or $854,016 per team.
The NKU women’s basketball program generated $1,593,854 in revenue against $1,593,854 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $25,116 in operating expense per athlete, or $401,851 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $2,900,297 to the women’s $1,593,854 in revenue.
Against the school’s 12 sports, basketball ranks #1 by revenue, accounting for 24% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 972 (964 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 95% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 995 (990 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 98% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 972 and the women 995, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 992, basketball trails the average at 984.
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