by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Swimming at Northern Kentucky University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. NKU is classified as NCAA Division I without football as a member of Horizon League.
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The NKU men’s swimming team fields 12 athletes. The most recent cohort included 8 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The NKU women’s swimming team fields 2 players.
Between the two teams, NKU fields 14 swimming athletes — 12 on the men’s side and 2 on the women’s.
Among the 12 varsity sports NKU reports, swimming comes in at #9 by total roster size.
The men’s swimming program employs 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 0 are full-time and 2 part-time. The head coach is Kevin Woodhull-Smith.
The women’s swimming program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 0 work full-time and 2 part-time. Leading the program is Kevin Woodhull-Smith.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
Across the school’s 12 sports, swimming ranks #6 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The NKU men’s swimming program reported $153,145 in revenue against $153,145 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $3,147 in operating expense per athlete, or $37,763 per team.
The NKU women’s swimming program brought in $106,565 in revenue against $106,565 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $11,981 in operating expense per athlete, or $23,962 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $153,145 to the women’s $106,565 in revenue.
Against the school’s 12 sports, swimming sits #10 by revenue, or about 1% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s swimming team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 969.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 992, swimming lands below the pack at 969.
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