by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at Gordon College, a winter sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Gordon College plays at the level of NCAA Division III without football as a member of Conference of New England.
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The Gordon College men’s basketball team lists 21 student athletes.
The Gordon College women’s basketball team fields 14 student athletes.
Across both rosters, Gordon College carries 35 basketball athletes — 21 on the men’s side and 14 on the women’s.
Among the 15 varsity sports Gordon College sponsors, basketball ranks #5 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 2 work full-time and 2 part-time. The head coach is Tod Murphy.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 2 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Carter Shaw.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 2.
Among the school’s 15 sports, basketball ranks #3 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Gordon College men’s basketball program generated $200,650 in revenue against $189,451 in expenses, netting $11,199. That works out to about $1,247 in operating expense per athlete, or $26,181 per team.
The Gordon College women’s basketball program brought in $185,907 in revenue against $178,227 in expenses, a net profit of $7,680. Per athlete, that is about $2,308 in operating expense per athlete, or $32,307 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $200,650 to the women’s $185,907 in revenue.
Against the school’s 15 sports, basketball ranks #2 by revenue, or about 11% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.