by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at Davis & Elkins College, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. D&E plays at the level of NCAA Division II without football as a member of Mountain East Conference.
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The D&E men’s basketball team carries 37 student athletes.
The D&E women’s basketball team carries 20 players.
Across both rosters, D&E carries 57 basketball athletes — 37 on the men’s side and 20 on the women’s.
Among the 13 varsity sports D&E sponsors, basketball comes in at #4 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 2 work full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Daniel Harris.
The women’s basketball program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 1 work full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Alison McCarthy.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 2.
Among the school’s 13 sports, basketball ranks #1 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The D&E men’s basketball program generated $640,814 in revenue against $621,215 in expenses, netting $19,599. That works out to about $1,203 in operating expense per athlete, or $44,495 per team.
The D&E women’s basketball program generated $307,606 in revenue against $296,626 in expenses, netting $10,980. Per athlete, that is about $1,496 in operating expense per athlete, or $29,924 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $640,814 to the women’s $307,606 in revenue.
Against the school’s 13 sports, basketball ranks #2 by revenue, accounting for 15% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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