by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at Erskine College, a winter sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Erskine is classified as NCAA Division II with football as a member of Conference Carolinas.
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The Erskine men’s basketball team carries 61 athletes.
The Erskine women’s basketball team carries 23 athletes.
Combined, Erskine fields 84 basketball athletes — 61 on the men’s side and 23 on the women’s.
Of the 17 varsity sports Erskine reports, basketball ranks #3 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 2 work full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Mark Peeler.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 2 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Lisa Jackson.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 2.
Among the school’s 17 sports, basketball ranks #2 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Erskine men’s basketball program generated $281,409 in revenue against $281,408 in expenses, for a surplus of $1. This comes to about $1,563 in operating expense per athlete, or $95,373 per team.
The Erskine women’s basketball program reported $303,078 in revenue against $303,078 in expenses, breaking even on the year. Per athlete, that is about $2,375 in operating expense per athlete, or $54,636 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $281,409 to the women’s $303,078 in revenue.
Among the school’s 17 sports, basketball sits #4 by revenue, or about 9% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.