by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Basketball at Denison University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Denison is classified as NCAA Division III with football as a member of North Coast Athletic Conference.
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The Denison men’s basketball team lists 19 student athletes.
The Denison women’s basketball team lists 21 players.
Across both rosters, Denison carries 40 basketball athletes — 19 on the men’s side and 21 on the women’s.
Among the 17 varsity sports Denison reports, basketball sits at #7 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 2 work full-time and 2 part-time. Leading the program is Chris Sullivan.
The women’s basketball program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 2 are full-time and 2 part-time. At the helm is Maureen Hirt.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 4.
Across the school’s 17 sports, basketball ranks #4 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Denison men’s basketball program brought in $300,168 in revenue against $300,168 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $5,400 in operating expense per athlete, or $102,609 per team.
The Denison women’s basketball program brought in $261,949 in revenue against $261,949 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $3,497 in operating expense per athlete, or $73,428 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $300,168 to the women’s $261,949 in revenue.
Against the school’s 17 sports, basketball ranks #5 by revenue, accounting for 6% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
If Denison earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, you’ll see it called out. College Factual’s sports rankings weigh both athletics and academics.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.