by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Cross Country at Union University, a fall sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Union plays at the level of NCAA Division II without football as a member of Gulf South Conference.
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The Union men’s cross country team fields 16 student athletes.
The Union women’s cross country team fields 9 student athletes.
Across both rosters, Union fields 25 cross country athletes — 16 on the men’s side and 9 on the women’s.
Among the 7 varsity sports Union sponsors, cross country comes in at #4 by total roster size.
The men’s cross country program employs 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 0 are full-time and 2 part-time. The head coach is Bailey Bell.
The women’s cross country program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 0 work full-time and 3 part-time. The head coach is Bailey Bell.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 3.
Among the school’s 7 sports, cross country ranks #3 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Union men’s cross country program reported $232,413 in revenue against $236,946 in expenses, coming up short by $4,533. That works out to about $948 in operating expense per athlete, or $15,169 per team.
The Union women’s cross country program brought in $147,642 in revenue against $133,656 in expenses, a net profit of $13,986. This comes to about $1,706 in operating expense per athlete, or $15,350 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $232,413 to the women’s $147,642 in revenue.
Among the school’s 7 sports, cross country ranks #7 by revenue, or about 5% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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