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Division II · Lone Star Conference

Western New Mexico University Men's Basketball

Silver City, NM · the Mustangs · Western New Mexico University overview
18
Roster
2024–25 season
$613k
Team budget
42nd percentile in Division II
$34,068
Per roster spot
median $37,568
3
Coaches
1 head · 2 assistant

Western New Mexico University fields a men's basketball team in the Lone Star Conference (NCAA Division II). In 2024–25 the roster carried 18 players, about the median of 17, with 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Team expenses were $613,229, about the median of $642k — $34,068 per roster spot, lower half of Division II men's basketball programs. The school gave $1,660,153 in athletic aid across its men's teams, about $9,121 per roster spot.

Among Division II men's basketball programs

Where this program sits against its 293 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).

Team budget$613k
Spend per player$34,068
Roster size18
Coaching staff3

Team budgets across the division

$56k$2.2M
this programevery Division II men's basketball program

Roster sizes

1261
this programevery Division II roster

The program

  • Roster18 2024–25 season
  • Coaching staff1 head, 2 assistant
  • Team expenses$613,229 for the year
  • Operating expenses$112,954 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$34,068 division median $37,568
  • Athletic aid, men's teams$1,660,153 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$9,121 across men's teams
  • Recruiting spend, men's$47,576 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Mark Bunker head coachHead Coachnot on file
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Recruiting timing

  • Coaches may first contact youJune 15 after sophomore year
  • Your own emailsAny time the rule limits what coaches send back
  • High-school basketball players540,704 2024-25
  • Division II roster spots5,660 293 programs
  • Odds of a spot1 in 96 1.0% of high-school players hold a Division II roster spot

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About the school

What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.
2,602undergraduates · 3,570 students in all
Women 68% Men 32%
Setting
Town
Type
Public · Master's university
Affiliation
None
Graduate in 6 yrs
26%

Men's Basketball

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18on the roster · 2024–25 season
Team expenses
$613,229 $34,068 per roster spot · lower half of Division II
Coaches
1 head · 2 assistant
Athletic aid, men's teams
$1,660,153
Recruiting spend, men's
$47,576
$8,712net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker, in-state$24,696
Sticker, out-of-state$31,182
Average net price$8,712
Net price by family income
$0–30k$7,881
$30–48k$6,940
$48–75k$12,883
Tuition & fees
$7,868 in-state · $14,354 out

Campus safety

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0.57violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent0.57
Property0.47
In residence halls
0 burglaries · 1 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
1 over 2022–2024
25%of bachelor's degrees in education · 16 fields · Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's
Education71 · 25%
Business36 · 13%
Public administration & social work35 · 12%
Psychology27 · 9%
Health professions & nursing25 · 9%

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Men's Basketball programs within 150 miles

Western New Mexico UniversityNew Mexico State University · 96 miUniversity of Texas at El Paso · 125 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
New Mexico State University Division I · Conference USA9616$3.4M97276%
University of Texas at El Paso Division I · Mountain West Conference12516$3.7M941100%

Other men's basketball programs in the Lone Star Conference

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
Dallas Baptist University17$1.3M$74,582—vs
Eastern New Mexico University14$1.2M$82,932—vs
St. Edward's University15$1.1M$70,791—vs
The University of Texas at Tyler22$932k$42,373—vs
St. Mary's University (Texas)16$897k$56,057—vs
West Texas A&M University15$849k$56,588—vs
Lubbock Christian University15$823k$54,898—vs
The University of Texas Permian Basin15$730k$48,674—vs
Texas A&M International University16$706k$44,149—vs
Texas A&M University-Kingsville17$702k$41,319—vs
Angelo State University14$621k$44,360—vs
Western New Mexico University18$613k$34,068—vs
Oklahoma Christian University18$601k$33,415—vs
Midwestern State University14$527k$37,615—vs
Cameron University14$395k$28,225—vs
University of Texas at Dallas16$349k$21,801—vs
Sul Ross State University15$146k$9,711—vs

Every Lone Star Conference men's basketball program · Men's Basketball budgets ranked