George Fox University Basketball

Here we dig into Basketball at George Fox University, a winter sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. GFU is classified as NCAA Division III with football as a member of Northwest Conference.

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• Roster & Participation
• Coaching Staff
• Financials
• Rankings & Notes

GFU Basketball Participation

The GFU men’s basketball team lists 17 players.

The GFU women’s basketball team carries 15 athletes.

Combined, GFU carries 32 basketball athletes — 17 on the men’s side and 15 on the women’s.

Of the 15 varsity sports GFU reports, basketball sits at #7 by total roster size.

GFU Basketball Coaching

The men’s basketball program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 1 work full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Maco Hamilton.

The women’s basketball program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 2 work full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Lauren Howard.

Between the genders, the men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 3.

Among the school’s 15 sports, basketball ranks #6 by total coaching staff.

GFU Basketball Team Finances

Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.

The GFU men’s basketball program brought in $327,405 in revenue against $332,257 in expenses, coming up short by $4,852. That works out to about $8,843 in operating expense per athlete, or $150,336 per team.

The GFU women’s basketball program brought in $292,188 in revenue against $290,575 in expenses, for a surplus of $1,613. This comes to about $7,590 in operating expense per athlete, or $113,845 per team.

Side by side, the men’s team brought in $327,405 to the women’s $292,188 in revenue.

Among the school’s 15 sports, basketball ranks #3 by revenue, accounting for 9% of the school’s total athletics revenue.

GFU Basketball Rankings & Notes

If GFU 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.

Notes & References

If we don’t have data on a particular metric for this sport, it won’t appear above.

• Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• National Center for Education Statistics
• U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics Data Analysis (EADA)
• The academic progress rate (APR) of each team was made available by the NCAA.
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