by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at Elmhurst University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Elmhurst is classified as NCAA Division III with football as a member of College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin.
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The Elmhurst men’s basketball team carries 19 student athletes.
The Elmhurst women’s basketball team lists 22 players.
Between the two teams, Elmhurst carries 41 basketball athletes — 19 on the men’s side and 22 on the women’s.
Among the 14 varsity sports Elmhurst sponsors, basketball comes in at #6 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Staffing-wise, 1 are full-time and 4 part-time. At the helm is John Baines.
The women’s basketball program employs 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Staffing-wise, 2 work full-time and 3 part-time. Leading the program is Cameron Tucker.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 5 coaches to the women’s 5.
Among the school’s 14 sports, basketball sits #2 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Elmhurst men’s basketball program brought in $281,772 in revenue against $265,533 in expenses, for a surplus of $16,239. That works out to about $3,323 in operating expense per athlete, or $63,128 per team.
The Elmhurst women’s basketball program generated $215,576 in revenue against $213,796 in expenses, for a surplus of $1,780. Per athlete, that is about $1,871 in operating expense per athlete, or $41,153 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $281,772 to the women’s $215,576 in revenue.
Among the school’s 14 sports, basketball sits #3 by revenue, or about 10% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
If Elmhurst places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.