by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Basketball at Houghton University, a winter sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Houghton plays at the level of NCAA Division III without football as a member of Empire 8.
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The Houghton men’s basketball team lists 21 student athletes.
The Houghton women’s basketball team fields 13 athletes.
Across both rosters, Houghton carries 34 basketball athletes — 21 on the men’s side and 13 on the women’s.
Among the 10 varsity sports Houghton reports, basketball sits at #4 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 0 are full-time and 3 part-time. Leading the program is Jeremy Bialek.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 0 work full-time and 2 part-time. The head coach is Phil Pellegrino.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 2.
Among the school’s 10 sports, basketball ranks #3 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Houghton men’s basketball program generated $136,877 in revenue against $136,877 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $3,235 in operating expense per athlete, or $67,935 per team.
The Houghton women’s basketball program brought in $97,240 in revenue against $97,240 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $3,591 in operating expense per athlete, or $46,685 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team generated $136,877 to the women’s $97,240 in revenue.
Among the school’s 10 sports, basketball sits #2 by revenue, accounting for 12% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.