by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Cross Country at University of Northwestern-St Paul, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Northwestern plays at the level of NCAA Division III with football as a member of Upper Midwest Athletic Conference.
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The Northwestern men’s cross country team fields 7 athletes.
The Northwestern women’s cross country team carries 9 student athletes.
Across both rosters, Northwestern fields 16 cross country athletes — 7 on the men’s side and 9 on the women’s.
Among the 12 varsity sports Northwestern reports, cross country sits at #11 by total roster size.
The men’s cross country program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 0 work full-time and 3 part-time. Leading the program is Patrick Fitzgerald.
The women’s cross country program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 0 are full-time and 2 part-time. The head coach is Patrick Fitzgerald.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 2.
Among the school’s 12 sports, cross country sits #6 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Northwestern men’s cross country program reported $37,407 in revenue against $37,407 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $2,045 in operating expense per athlete, or $14,318 per team.
The Northwestern women’s cross country program reported $36,120 in revenue against $36,120 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $1,448 in operating expense per athlete, or $13,030 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $37,407 to the women’s $36,120 in revenue.
Against the school’s 12 sports, cross country ranks #9 by revenue, or about 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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