Coach Bonus Compensation – Insurance as a Tool to Manage Fiscal Risk, Retain Coaches & Motivate Performance

Head coaches’ salaries increased at a faster pace than total revenue in the 2012 fiscal year ending June 30th, a rate of 11.7% versus 5.7%. This presents a problem, in terms of revenues, for top-tier athletic departments when performance is…

Full StorySeptember 3, 2012

Which Schools Spend the Most on Travel?

By: Greg Matthews A variety of factors, including travel distance and overall budget, affect travel fund allocation within athletic departments. Intuitively, programs covering more ground might justifiably spend more on travel, and furthermore, schools with larger overall budgets may have…

Full StoryAugust 13, 2012

The Realignment Rating Index: A New Lens for Assessing NCAA Conference Realignment

By: G.K. Nwosu When Presidents and Trustees, together with Commissioners and Athletic Directors, are evaluating conference realignment, there are a myriad of factors to consider. Over nearly two decades, beginning in 1990, approximately 30 institutions switched their conference affiliations. This…

Full StoryJuly 23, 2012

Rising Athletic Department Expenses

Considering the increasing popularity of college football over the past decade, it’s no surprise that overall college athletic revenues have been climbing as well. But expenses for athletic departments have climbed too, reaching similar heights in many circumstances. We looked…

Full StoryJuly 16, 2012

Concession Rights Market Overview

Our review of more than 40 current FBS athletic concession contracts yielded three integral financial components written into the over whelming majority of agreements, as well as emerging market trends adding value to agreements. Executive Summary excerpted from The Winthrop Report: a…

Full StoryJuly 9, 2012

Which Assistant Athletic Directors Earn the Highest Salaries?

To see the Assistant Athletic Director salaries associated with this story — and learn about the other ways Win AD is helping D-I ADs and administrators save time and generate revenue — contact us to schedule a demonstration of the…

Full StoryJune 25, 2012

Division I College Athletic Fiscal Efficiencies and Returns: A Look at Olympic and Non-Revenue Sports

While revenue-generating collegiate sports such as men’s football and men’s basketball traditionally garner much of the debate on athletic finances, Olympic sports play a key role not only in annual athletic budgeting practices but also the overall athletic culture. While…

Full StoryJune 11, 2012

NCAA Recruiting Expenditures Overview

How much money do schools spend on recruiting student athletes and where does your university stack up in comparison? Using the Equity in Athletics Data Analysis, we examined 1,049 institutions over the 2003-2010 seasons to see how much each spend…

Full StoryMay 29, 2012

NCAA Financial Spotlight: Small Sport Revenue & Expenses

The signal to noise ratio in the public dialog about college sports business and administration is extremely high, so we always approach athletic decision makers with a framework of qualitative perspectives and empirical evidence for analysis in context to produce…

Full StoryApril 1, 2012

Topic » Finance

University Endowments vs Athletic Spending