by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Basketball at Houston Christian University, a winter sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. HBU plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Southland Conference.
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The HBU men’s basketball team lists 15 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 52. Academic data covers 52 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The HBU women’s basketball team lists 14 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 63. The most recent cohort included 61 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, HBU fields 29 basketball athletes — 15 on the men’s side and 14 on the women’s.
Among the 11 varsity sports HBU sponsors, basketball sits at #5 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Staffing-wise, 6 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Craig Doty.
The women’s basketball program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 4 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Drew Long.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 6 coaches to the women’s 4.
Across the school’s 11 sports, basketball sits #2 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The HBU men’s basketball program generated $1,463,931 in revenue against $1,463,931 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $19,164 in operating expense per athlete, or $287,456 per team.
The HBU women’s basketball program reported $1,400,750 in revenue against $1,400,750 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $13,227 in operating expense per athlete, or $185,175 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team brought in $1,463,931 to the women’s $1,400,750 in revenue.
Among the school’s 11 sports, basketball ranks #2 by revenue, or about 14% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 984 (960 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 77%. The program kept 94% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 990 (988 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 97% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 984 and the women 990, with graduation success rates of 77% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 977, basketball sits above average at 987.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.