Here we dig into Basketball at Norwich University, a winter sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Norwich competes in NCAA Division III with football as a member of Great Northeast Athletic Conference.
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The Norwich men’s basketball team carries 18 players.
The Norwich women’s basketball team lists 14 athletes.
Across both rosters, Norwich fields 32 basketball athletes — 18 on the men’s side and 14 on the women’s.
Of the 16 varsity sports Norwich reports, basketball comes in at #10 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 2 are full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Paul Booth.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 2 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Ute Otley.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 2.
Across the school’s 16 sports, basketball sits #7 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Norwich men’s basketball program reported $225,342 in revenue against $225,342 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $2,850 in operating expense per athlete, or $51,298 per team.
The Norwich women’s basketball program reported $203,354 in revenue against $203,354 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $2,563 in operating expense per athlete, or $35,888 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $225,342 to the women’s $203,354 in revenue.
Against the school’s 16 sports, basketball ranks #4 by revenue, or about 9% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
If Norwich earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.