by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at Western New Mexico University, a winter sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Western New Mexico University is classified as NCAA Division II with football as a member of Lone Star Conference.
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The Western New Mexico University men’s basketball team fields 18 players.
The Western New Mexico University women’s basketball team fields 14 athletes.
Combined, Western New Mexico University fields 32 basketball athletes — 18 on the men’s side and 14 on the women’s.
Of the 9 varsity sports Western New Mexico University sponsors, basketball comes in at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 2 are full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Mark Bunker.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 2 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Brenda Welch-Nichols.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 2.
Among the school’s 9 sports, basketball ranks #4 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Western New Mexico University men’s basketball program brought in $614,852 in revenue against $613,229 in expenses, netting $1,623. This comes to about $6,275 in operating expense per athlete, or $112,954 per team.
The Western New Mexico University women’s basketball program generated $531,265 in revenue against $526,178 in expenses, netting $5,087. That works out to about $7,901 in operating expense per athlete, or $110,609 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $614,852 to the women’s $531,265 in revenue.
Against the school’s 9 sports, basketball ranks #2 by revenue, or about 19% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.