by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Basketball at Ferris State University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Ferris plays at the level of Other as a member of Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
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The Ferris men’s basketball team fields 19 athletes.
The Ferris women’s basketball team carries 13 players.
Across both rosters, Ferris carries 32 basketball athletes — 19 on the men’s side and 13 on the women’s.
Among the 11 varsity sports Ferris sponsors, basketball comes in at #3 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 2 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Brooks Miller.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 2 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Kurt Westendorp.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
Among the school’s 11 sports, basketball ranks #3 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Ferris men’s basketball program generated $786,022 in revenue against $786,022 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $9,617 in operating expense per athlete, or $182,729 per team.
The Ferris women’s basketball program brought in $648,958 in revenue against $648,958 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $9,137 in operating expense per athlete, or $118,779 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $786,022 to the women’s $648,958 in revenue.
Against the school’s 11 sports, basketball sits #3 by revenue, or about 10% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
When Ferris earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, you’ll see it called out. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.