by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Basketball at Southern Nazarene University, a winter sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. SNU plays at the level of NCAA Division II with football as a member of Great American Conference.
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The SNU men’s basketball team carries 30 athletes.
The SNU women’s basketball team carries 33 players.
Across both rosters, SNU carries 63 basketball athletes — 30 on the men’s side and 33 on the women’s.
Of the 14 varsity sports SNU sponsors, basketball ranks #4 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 2 are full-time and 2 part-time. The head coach is B.J. Foster.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 2 work full-time and 2 part-time. At the helm is Trent May.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 4.
Among the school’s 14 sports, basketball ranks #2 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The SNU men’s basketball program generated $847,980 in revenue against $791,095 in expenses, a net profit of $56,885. Per athlete, that is about $3,270 in operating expense per athlete, or $98,087 per team.
The SNU women’s basketball program reported $761,986 in revenue against $723,376 in expenses, a net profit of $38,610. That works out to about $3,721 in operating expense per athlete, or $122,801 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $847,980 to the women’s $761,986 in revenue.
Among the school’s 14 sports, basketball ranks #2 by revenue, or about 14% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
If SNU places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, you’ll see it called out. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.