by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at King University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. King is classified as NCAA Division II without football as a member of Conference Carolinas.
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The King men’s basketball team fields 25 players.
The King women’s basketball team lists 15 athletes.
Between the two teams, King fields 40 basketball athletes — 25 on the men’s side and 15 on the women’s.
Among the 16 varsity sports King reports, basketball sits at #6 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 3 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Jason Gillespie.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 2 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Joshua Thompson.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 2.
Among the school’s 16 sports, basketball sits #3 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The King men’s basketball program reported $552,522 in revenue against $482,609 in expenses, for a surplus of $69,913. Per athlete, that is about $1,652 in operating expense per athlete, or $41,300 per team.
The King women’s basketball program brought in $412,324 in revenue against $447,529 in expenses, a net loss of $35,205. That works out to about $2,315 in operating expense per athlete, or $34,725 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $552,522 to the women’s $412,324 in revenue.
Among the school’s 16 sports, basketball ranks #1 by revenue, or about 13% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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