Here we dig into Cross Country at University of Minnesota-Crookston, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. UMN Crookston competes in NCAA Division II without football as a member of Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference.
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The UMN Crookston men’s cross country team carries 10 athletes.
The UMN Crookston women’s cross country team fields 10 players.
Between the two teams, UMN Crookston carries 20 cross country athletes — 10 on the men’s side and 10 on the women’s.
Among the 9 varsity sports UMN Crookston sponsors, cross country ranks #6 by total roster size.
The men’s cross country program is staffed by 1 coach — 1 head coach. Staffing-wise, 0 are full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Steven Krouse.
The women’s cross country program employs 1 coach — 1 head coach. Staffing-wise, 0 work full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Steven Krouse.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 1 coach to the women’s 1.
Across the school’s 9 sports, cross country ranks #5 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UMN Crookston men’s cross country program reported $171,908 in revenue against $171,908 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $4,704 in operating expense per athlete, or $47,042 per team.
The UMN Crookston women’s cross country program reported $143,531 in revenue against $143,531 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $4,641 in operating expense per athlete, or $46,411 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $171,908 to the women’s $143,531 in revenue.
Among the school’s 9 sports, cross country sits #8 by revenue, or about 5% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.