by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at Averett University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. AU competes in NCAA Division III with football as a member of Old Dominion Athletic Conf..
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The AU men’s basketball team fields 17 athletes.
The AU women’s basketball team fields 20 student athletes.
Combined, AU fields 37 basketball athletes — 17 on the men’s side and 20 on the women’s.
Among the 13 varsity sports AU sponsors, basketball sits at #7 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 2 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is David Doino.
The women’s basketball program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 2 work full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Tim Krotish.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 3.
Among the school’s 13 sports, basketball ranks #2 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The AU men’s basketball program reported $199,235 in revenue against $199,235 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $3,637 in operating expense per athlete, or $61,833 per team.
The AU women’s basketball program generated $165,160 in revenue against $165,160 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $2,474 in operating expense per athlete, or $49,485 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $199,235 to the women’s $165,160 in revenue.
Against the school’s 13 sports, basketball ranks #2 by revenue, or about 11% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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