NC State released its annual Equity in Athletics Disclosure in accordance with the Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act. The disclosure provides information on NC State Athletics’ standing of men’s and women’s participation, monetary information and allocation statistics, revenues and expenses and more for the 2023-2024 year.
The EADA is a federal regulation requiring all educational institutions participating in the Title IV federal student financial assistance program — and have an intercollegiate athletic program — to create annual reports available to the public and the Department of Education. These reports are required to disclose information on athletic staffing, participation and the revenues and expenses associated with men’s and women’s teams at those participating universities.
Let’s go through this year’s report and break down the most important values, statistics and facts related to varsity sports at NC State by the numbers.
Participation
Out of 551 student-athletes on NC State’s campus, 339 were male and 212 were female. NC State featured 18 varsity sports teams, nine of which were men’s teams and nine of which were women’s.
Football, the largest team on campus, made up the difference between NC State’s male and female athlete disparity by toting 128 total athletes.
Total operating expenses by team
Like participation and nearly every other category on the report, football led in terms of operating expenses, specifically in game-day expenses. NC State football led in this category with $5,498,704 while men’s and women’s basketball followed behind in second and third, respectively.
In total, operating expenses for men’s teams totaled to $11,188,120 while operating expenses for women’s teams equaled $4,301,254, marking a 160% spending difference between men’s and women’s teams in the 23-24 year.
Coaching demographics
Out of all head and assistant coaches on campus, there was an approximate 4-to-1 male-to-female coaching ratio.
NC State employed 20 total head coaches, a quarter of which were female. Meanwhile, the department employed 74 total assistant coaches, 13 of which were female.
Overall revenues and expenses
NC State Athletics made $113,339,331 in terms of revenue attributable to “Intercollegiate Athletic Activities.” Of that total, 91.5% was earned by men’s sports — which brought in revenues of $103,670,792 — and 68.7% of the total revenue was earned by football. In total, revenue from women’s sports tallied to $9,668,539.
Despite a relatively even level of popularity on campus between the teams, men’s basketball earned 6.3 times as much as women’s basketball. All sports, excluding football and men’s and women’s basketball, totaled both similar revenue and expense totals when divided between men’s and women’s programs.
As a whole, all other “non-revenue” sports — all those excluding football and basketball — lost over $14,400,000 when comparing revenues and expenses. Additionally, women’s sports, including basketball, accrued just under $10,000,000 more in expenses than revenues throughout the year. Like nearly every university across the country, football was a big reason for the department’s $31,280,558 profit from last year.
Athletic spending in relation to student aid and recruiting expenses
Athletic spending in relation to student aid represents the financial assistance given to student-athletes based on a student’s participation in an athletic program. Overall, 62% of athletically related student aid was awarded to male athletes while 38% was awarded to female athletes.
Meanwhile, NC State Athletics spent $2,393,323 on recruiting expenses for men’s teams, which is four times as much as the $597,640 spent on recruiting for women’s teams.
Coaching salary data
The average annual salary per head coaching position for men’s teams equaled $1,141,302, an average heavily impacted by head football coach Dave Doeren’s 2023 salary of over $5,000,000 The average annual salary per head coaching position for women’s teams sat at $295,343.
For assistant coaching positions, the men’s team’s average per position was $235,268 while the women’s team’s average salary per position was $80,026.
