by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at Point Loma Nazarene University, a winter sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. PLNU is classified as NCAA Division II without football as a member of Pacific West Conference.
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The PLNU men’s basketball team carries 16 student athletes.
The PLNU women’s basketball team carries 17 players.
Across both rosters, PLNU fields 33 basketball athletes — 16 on the men’s side and 17 on the women’s.
Among the 9 varsity sports PLNU sponsors, basketball ranks #3 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program carries 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. In all, 3 are full-time and 2 part-time. Leading the program is Justin Downer.
The women’s basketball program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 2 work full-time and 2 part-time. The head coach is Charity Elliott.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 5 coaches to the women’s 4.
Among the school’s 9 sports, basketball sits #1 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The PLNU men’s basketball program reported $1,113,928 in revenue against $1,113,928 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $12,731 in operating expense per athlete, or $203,701 per team.
The PLNU women’s basketball program generated $980,140 in revenue against $980,140 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $11,146 in operating expense per athlete, or $189,483 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $1,113,928 to the women’s $980,140 in revenue.
Against the school’s 9 sports, basketball ranks #1 by revenue, or about 23% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.