NCAA Athletic Department Spending

[Wareagle]

For anyone with too much time on your hands, here's a government website that details athletic department spending.  It goes into pretty precise detail, like the the school's operating expenses per player, per sport. 
Example, MU's operating expenses per men's basketball scholarship athlete are $183,678.  You can also get total revenue for both men's basketball and football.

http://www.ope.ed.gov/athletics/GetOneInstitutionData.aspx

[Big East Warriors]

It is interesting to note the differences of dollars spent per player for Men's bball...below is the quick search i did. I would be interested to see why there is such a big difference. The idea of more money per students doesnt exactly = National championship/final four

DePaul: 45,137
ND: 63,472
Georgetown: 145,158
Louisville: 91,624
Duke: 106,770
UNC: 61,519

[Phi Iota Gamma 84]

It is interesting to note the differences of dollars spent per player for Men's bball...below is the quick search i did. I would be interested to see why there is such a big difference. The idea of more money per students doesnt exactly = National championship/final four

DePaul: 45,137
ND: 63,472
Georgetown: 145,158
Louisville: 91,624
Duke: 106,770
UNC: 61,519

Doesn't make sense

UNC $61, 519 * 13 (schollies) = $799,747  My guess is the coaching staff alone is triple that number.  Pitino alone makes ~2.5 Mill which is 2+ times the total for UL.

[dsfire]

Operating expenses must not include coaching salaries (or partial?  not sure) - the total operating expenses for UNC men's basketball, which is what the $61,519 number comes from (with 17 participants, presumably not all on scholarships), are listed at $1,045,826 while the total expenses for men's basketball are $5,632,518.

[jce]

Since part of most coach's compensation include endorsements, television programs, appearance fees and the like, my guess is that the salary figure only includes what the University actually pays for him to be a basketball coach.  According to this article, his base salary is only $260,000.  About $800,000 per season comes from the "Rams Club."  In return for that, he probably has to donate some set amount of time to Rams Club events across the country.  I am guessing that that is not included in these figures.

http://www.newsobserver.com/122/story/427813.html

[Wareagle]

Operating expenses must not include coaching salaries (or partial?  not sure) - the total operating expenses for UNC men's basketball, which is what the $61,519 number comes from (with 17 participants, presumably not all on scholarships), are listed at $1,045,826 while the total expenses for men's basketball are $5,632,518.

The website has a glossary of terms here http://www.ope.ed.gov/athletics/glossaryPopup.aspx

Here are two definitions that may help

Expenses -
"All expenses attributable to intercollegiate athletic activities. This includes appearance guarantees and options, athletically related student aid, contract services, equipment, fundraising activities, operating expenses, promotional activities, recruiting expenses, salaries and benefits, supplies, travel, and any other expenses attributable to intercollegiate athletic activities" (Emphasis mine).

Operating expenses -
"All expenses an institution incurs attributable to home, away, and neutral-site intercollegiate athletic contests (commonly known as game-day expenses), for (A) Lodging, meals, transportation, uniforms, and equipment for coaches, team members, support staff (including, but not limited to team managers and trainers), and others; and (B) Officials."

So, for example, athletic scholarships (athletically related student aid) are under "expenses," but not under "operating expenses."

[dsfire]

Salaries and benefits are listed separately under that definition of expenses.  I'd have to think those and appearance guarantees would be a good chunk of the difference, but I'm sure it all adds up.