by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at Davidson College, a winter sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Davidson competes in NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Atlantic 10 Conference.
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The Davidson men’s basketball team fields 17 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 49. The most recent cohort included 52 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Davidson women’s basketball team fields 15 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 49. Academic data covers 54 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, Davidson carries 32 basketball athletes — 17 on the men’s side and 15 on the women’s.
Of the 15 varsity sports Davidson reports, basketball sits at #7 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 4 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Matt McKillop.
The women’s basketball program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Gayle Coats Fulks.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 4.
Among the school’s 15 sports, basketball sits #2 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Davidson men’s basketball program generated $5,844,431 in revenue against $4,647,356 in expenses, netting $1,197,075. That works out to about $65,120 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,107,040 per team.
The Davidson women’s basketball program generated $2,990,435 in revenue against $2,881,133 in expenses, a net profit of $109,302. Per athlete, that is about $28,617 in operating expense per athlete, or $429,249 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $5,844,431 to the women’s $2,990,435 in revenue.
Among the school’s 15 sports, basketball ranks #1 by revenue, or about 35% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 958 (990 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 90%. The program kept 100% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 991 (995 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 99% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 958 and the women 991, with graduation success rates of 90% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 994, basketball lands below the pack at 974.
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