by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Basketball at Central Michigan University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Central Michigan is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Mid-American Conference.
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The Central Michigan men’s basketball team carries 17 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 52. Academic data covers 53 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Central Michigan women’s basketball team carries 16 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 58. The most recent cohort included 61 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, Central Michigan carries 33 basketball athletes — 17 on the men’s side and 16 on the women’s.
Among the 14 varsity sports Central Michigan sponsors, basketball sits at #5 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Andy Bronkema.
The women’s basketball program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 4 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Kristin Haynie.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 4.
Across the school’s 14 sports, basketball sits #2 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Central Michigan men’s basketball program reported $2,549,633 in revenue against $2,549,633 in expenses, essentially breaking even. Per athlete, that is about $35,412 in operating expense per athlete, or $601,999 per team.
The Central Michigan women’s basketball program reported $1,858,197 in revenue against $1,858,197 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $22,538 in operating expense per athlete, or $360,606 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $2,549,633 to the women’s $1,858,197 in revenue.
Among the school’s 14 sports, basketball sits #2 by revenue, or about 11% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 949 (965 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 77%. It retained 95% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 981 (996 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 98% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 949 and the women 981, with graduation success rates of 77% and 100% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 977, basketball sits below average at 965.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.