2025-2026 Athletics Budget Hearing Overview
The 2025-2026 budget hearing for the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics covers expenses, revenues, salaries, benefits, operating budgets, scholarships, and more. It discusses budget pressures, challenges, facility enhancement priorities for 2024-2025, and expresses gratitude.
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Department of Intercollegiate Athletics 2025-2026 Budget Hearing
FY25 Budget Expenses Revenues Salaries & Benefits Operating Budgets Scholarships 24% 47% 29% Student Fees Self-Generated Institutional Support 17% NCAA/SoCon 48% 30% 5% Student Fees + Institutional Support = 65% Southern Conference AVERAGE is 70%
Budget Pressures & Challenges Revenues Enrollment/Student fees Sports Wagering Fundraising Self-Generated House Settlement Expenditures Market fluctuations in travel and equipment Deferred maintenance in facilities and operations FY22 - FY25 legislative increases - $647,459 Evolving NCAA legislation (i.e. Alston, Revenue Sharing, Recruiting)
2024-2025 Facility Enhancement Priorities Phase 1 EJ Whitmire Stadium West Football Stadium Press Box Football Coaches Offices & Meeting Rooms Phase 2 Strength & Conditioning Center Football Locker Room Sports Medicine Suite Athletics Equipment Additional Priorities Field Sports Complex Baseball Clubhouse All Sports Indoor Training Facility Ramsey Renovations https://westernsky.wcu.edu/facility-projects/