by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Basketball at Earlham College, a winter sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Earlham is classified as NCAA Division III without football as a member of Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference.
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The Earlham men’s basketball team lists 16 athletes.
The Earlham women’s basketball team carries 11 student athletes.
Combined, Earlham fields 27 basketball athletes — 16 on the men’s side and 11 on the women’s.
Among the 13 varsity sports Earlham sponsors, basketball sits at #3 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 0 are full-time and 3 part-time. At the helm is Isaiah Cavaco.
The women’s basketball program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 2 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Joseph Adams.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 2.
Across the school’s 13 sports, basketball sits #5 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Earlham men’s basketball program brought in $236,641 in revenue against $236,641 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $4,806 in operating expense per athlete, or $76,903 per team.
The Earlham women’s basketball program generated $184,285 in revenue against $184,285 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $4,910 in operating expense per athlete, or $54,010 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $236,641 to the women’s $184,285 in revenue.
Among the school’s 13 sports, basketball sits #1 by revenue, or about 12% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
If Earlham places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, you’ll see it called out. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.