Here we dig into Basketball at Hampton University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Hampton plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Coastal Athletic Association.
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The Hampton men’s basketball team fields 16 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 50. The most recent cohort included 52 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Hampton women’s basketball team carries 15 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 60. The NCAA tracked 59 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, Hampton fields 31 basketball athletes — 16 on the men’s side and 15 on the women’s.
Of the 14 varsity sports Hampton reports, basketball ranks #6 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. In all, 5 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Ivan Thomas.
The women’s basketball program employs 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Of those, 5 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Tamisha Augustin.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 5 coaches to the women’s 5.
Among the school’s 14 sports, basketball sits #2 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Hampton men’s basketball program brought in $2,223,463 in revenue against $2,993,447 in expenses, coming up short by $769,984. That works out to about $34,455 in operating expense per athlete, or $551,272 per team.
The Hampton women’s basketball program reported $1,679,644 in revenue against $1,756,485 in expenses, a net loss of $76,841. This comes to about $24,538 in operating expense per athlete, or $368,074 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $2,223,463 to the women’s $1,679,644 in revenue.
Against the school’s 14 sports, basketball ranks #2 by revenue, or about 23% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 941 (964 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 79%. Year over year, it held onto 95% of its athletes, with 95% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 982 (961 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 70%. It retained 95% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 941 and the women 982, with graduation success rates of 79% and 70% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 958, basketball sits above average at 962.
When Hampton earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.