by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at Converse University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Converse plays at the level of NCAA Division II without football as a member of Conference Carolinas.
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The Converse men’s basketball team fields 19 student athletes.
The Converse women’s basketball team lists 18 players.
Combined, Converse carries 37 basketball athletes — 19 on the men’s side and 18 on the women’s.
Among the 15 varsity sports Converse reports, basketball sits at #4 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 2 work full-time and 2 part-time. At the helm is Kyle Perry.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 2 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Kevin Lyons.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 2.
Across the school’s 15 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 Converse men’s basketball program reported $518,279 in revenue against $511,719 in expenses, netting $6,560. This comes to about $3,407 in operating expense per athlete, or $64,735 per team.
The Converse women’s basketball program generated $424,731 in revenue against $417,325 in expenses, a net profit of $7,406. Per athlete, that is about $2,704 in operating expense per athlete, or $48,675 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team brought in $518,279 to the women’s $424,731 in revenue.
Against the school’s 15 sports, basketball sits #1 by revenue, or about 13% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.