by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Basketball at Drake University, a winter sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Drake competes in NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Missouri Valley Conference.
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The Drake men’s basketball team fields 12 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 48. The NCAA tracked 52 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Drake women’s basketball team carries 33 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 51. Academic data covers 53 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, Drake carries 45 basketball athletes — 12 on the men’s side and 33 on the women’s.
Of the 11 varsity sports Drake reports, basketball sits at #4 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Of those, 6 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Eric Henderson.
The women’s basketball program carries 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. In all, 5 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Allison Pohlman.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 6 coaches to the women’s 5.
Among the school’s 11 sports, basketball sits #1 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Drake men’s basketball program generated $4,275,182 in revenue against $4,275,182 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $97,643 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,171,719 per team.
The Drake women’s basketball program generated $2,486,411 in revenue against $2,486,411 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $20,868 in operating expense per athlete, or $688,660 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team generated $4,275,182 to the women’s $2,486,411 in revenue.
Among the school’s 11 sports, basketball ranks #1 by revenue, or about 32% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 969 (968 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 95% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (990 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 99% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 969 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 988, basketball lands below the pack at 984.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.