by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Basketball at Lake Forest College, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Lake Forest competes in NCAA Division III with football as a member of Midwest Conference.
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The Lake Forest men’s basketball team lists 18 student athletes.
The Lake Forest women’s basketball team fields 17 athletes.
Between the two teams, Lake Forest fields 35 basketball athletes — 18 on the men’s side and 17 on the women’s.
Among the 15 varsity sports Lake Forest reports, basketball comes in at #8 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 0 are full-time and 3 part-time. Leading the program is Matt Griggs.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 0 work full-time and 2 part-time. At the helm is John McGinty.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 2.
Among the school’s 15 sports, basketball ranks #10 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Lake Forest men’s basketball program reported $183,661 in revenue against $183,661 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $2,680 in operating expense per athlete, or $48,244 per team.
The Lake Forest women’s basketball program generated $138,398 in revenue against $138,398 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $2,532 in operating expense per athlete, or $43,038 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team generated $183,661 to the women’s $138,398 in revenue.
Among the school’s 15 sports, basketball ranks #4 by revenue, or about 7% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
When Lake Forest places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we note it here. College Factual’s sports rankings weigh both athletics and academics.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.