by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Basketball at Bethune-Cookman University, a winter sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Bethune - Cookman University is classified as NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Southwestern Athletic Conf..
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The Bethune - Cookman University men’s basketball team carries 16 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 50. Academic data covers 50 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Bethune - Cookman University women’s basketball team lists 15 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 56. The NCAA tracked 52 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, Bethune - Cookman University fields 31 basketball athletes — 16 on the men’s side and 15 on the women’s.
Of the 12 varsity sports Bethune - Cookman University sponsors, basketball comes in at #5 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. In all, 5 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Reggie Theus.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Of those, 5 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Demetria Frank.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 5 coaches to the women’s 5.
Across the school’s 12 sports, basketball ranks #5 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Bethune - Cookman University men’s basketball program reported $1,970,796 in revenue against $1,970,796 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $69,796 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,116,728 per team.
The Bethune - Cookman University women’s basketball program brought in $1,172,246 in revenue against $1,172,246 in expenses, breaking even on the year. Per athlete, that is about $28,440 in operating expense per athlete, or $426,602 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $1,970,796 to the women’s $1,172,246 in revenue.
Among the school’s 12 sports, basketball ranks #2 by revenue, or about 21% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 949 (969 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 75%. It retained 97% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 964 (981 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 92%. It retained 99% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 949 and the women 964, with graduation success rates of 75% and 92% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 966, basketball trails the average at 956.
When Bethune - Cookman University places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. Our sports rankings reward schools that excel on the field and in the classroom.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.