by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Basketball at Northwest Nazarene University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. NNU competes in NCAA Division II without football as a member of Great Northwest Athletic Conference.
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The NNU men’s basketball team fields 18 players.
The NNU women’s basketball team fields 15 student athletes.
Combined, NNU carries 33 basketball athletes — 18 on the men’s side and 15 on the women’s.
Among the 10 varsity sports NNU sponsors, basketball comes in at #4 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. In all, 2 work full-time and 4 part-time. The head coach is Jon Hawkins.
The women’s basketball program employs 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Staffing-wise, 2 are full-time and 4 part-time. At the helm is Steve Steele.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 6 coaches to the women’s 6.
Across the school’s 10 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 NNU men’s basketball program brought in $849,928 in revenue against $849,928 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $7,457 in operating expense per athlete, or $134,233 per team.
The NNU women’s basketball program reported $804,893 in revenue against $804,893 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $9,667 in operating expense per athlete, or $145,010 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $849,928 to the women’s $804,893 in revenue.
Against the school’s 10 sports, basketball ranks #1 by revenue, accounting for 22% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.