Here we dig into Outdoor Track & Field at Southern Nazarene University, a spring 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 outdoor track & field team carries 35 student athletes.
The SNU women’s outdoor track & field team carries 26 athletes.
Between the two teams, SNU carries 61 outdoor track & field athletes — 35 on the men’s side and 26 on the women’s.
Among the 14 varsity sports SNU reports, outdoor track & field ranks #5 by total roster size.
The men’s outdoor track & field program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 0 work full-time and 2 part-time.
The women’s outdoor track & field program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 0 work full-time and 2 part-time.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
Across the school’s 14 sports, outdoor track & field sits #6 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The SNU men’s outdoor track & field program generated $154,316 in revenue against $55,850 in expenses, netting $98,466. That works out to about $784 in operating expense per athlete, or $27,448 per team.
The SNU women’s outdoor track & field program brought in $139,171 in revenue against $138,104 in expenses, for a surplus of $1,067. Per athlete, that is about $1,005 in operating expense per athlete, or $26,137 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $154,316 to the women’s $139,171 in revenue.
Against the school’s 14 sports, outdoor track & field sits #10 by revenue, accounting for 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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