by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at Northern Michigan University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Northern Michigan University competes in NCAA Division II with football as a member of Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
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The Northern Michigan University men’s basketball team fields 17 players.
The Northern Michigan University women’s basketball team lists 17 players.
Across both rosters, Northern Michigan University carries 34 basketball athletes — 17 on the men’s side and 17 on the women’s.
Of the 16 varsity sports Northern Michigan University reports, basketball sits at #6 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 2 work full-time and 2 part-time. Leading the program is Keil Ganz.
The women’s basketball program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 2 work full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Cassandra Thousand.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 3.
Among the school’s 16 sports, basketball ranks #4 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Northern Michigan University men’s basketball program brought in $1,327,329 in revenue against $1,225,113 in expenses, a net profit of $102,216. Per athlete, that is about $13,798 in operating expense per athlete, or $234,568 per team.
The Northern Michigan University women’s basketball program brought in $887,269 in revenue against $895,282 in expenses, coming up short by $8,013. That works out to about $12,870 in operating expense per athlete, or $218,786 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $1,327,329 to the women’s $887,269 in revenue.
Among the school’s 16 sports, basketball sits #3 by revenue, or about 14% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
When Northern Michigan University earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. Our sports rankings reward schools that excel on the field and in the classroom.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.