by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Basketball at Eastern Kentucky University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Eastern plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Atlantic Sun Conference.
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The Eastern men’s basketball team fields 17 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 53. Academic data covers 52 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Eastern women’s basketball team carries 14 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 58. Academic data covers 56 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, Eastern carries 31 basketball athletes — 17 on the men’s side and 14 on the women’s.
Among the 12 varsity sports Eastern sponsors, basketball sits at #5 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 7 coaches — 1 head coach and 6 assistants. Staffing-wise, 5 work full-time and 2 part-time. Leading the program is A.W. Hamilton.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Greg Todd.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 7 coaches to the women’s 4.
Across the school’s 12 sports, basketball sits #2 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Eastern men’s basketball program generated $2,339,864 in revenue against $2,339,864 in expenses, essentially breaking even. Per athlete, that is about $34,988 in operating expense per athlete, or $594,799 per team.
The Eastern women’s basketball program brought in $1,431,659 in revenue against $1,431,659 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $15,946 in operating expense per athlete, or $223,244 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $2,339,864 to the women’s $1,431,659 in revenue.
Among the school’s 12 sports, basketball sits #2 by revenue, or about 15% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 983 (948 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 87%. It retained 90% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 967 (978 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 96% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 983 and the women 967, with graduation success rates of 87% and 100% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 985, basketball sits below average at 975.
When Eastern earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. College Factual’s sports rankings weigh both athletics and academics.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.