by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Basketball at Hardin-Simmons University, a winter sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Hardin - Simmons is classified as NCAA Division III with football as a member of American Southwest Conference.
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The Hardin - Simmons men’s basketball team fields 21 athletes.
The Hardin - Simmons women’s basketball team fields 23 players.
Between the two teams, Hardin - Simmons fields 44 basketball athletes — 21 on the men’s side and 23 on the women’s.
Of the 12 varsity sports Hardin - Simmons reports, basketball comes in at #5 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 2 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Matt Brackett.
The women’s basketball program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 2 work full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Kendra Whitehead.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 3.
Across the school’s 12 sports, basketball ranks #4 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Hardin - Simmons men’s basketball program generated $328,600 in revenue against $253,522 in expenses, for a surplus of $75,078. This comes to about $5,385 in operating expense per athlete, or $113,077 per team.
The Hardin - Simmons women’s basketball program generated $322,055 in revenue against $246,180 in expenses, a net profit of $75,875. This comes to about $3,668 in operating expense per athlete, or $84,370 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $328,600 to the women’s $322,055 in revenue.
Among the school’s 12 sports, basketball ranks #2 by revenue, or about 11% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.