by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at Lamar University, a winter sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Lamar University is classified as NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Southland Conference.
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The Lamar University men’s basketball team fields 14 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 53. The NCAA tracked 53 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Lamar University women’s basketball team fields 12 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 58. Academic data covers 57 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, Lamar University carries 26 basketball athletes — 14 on the men’s side and 12 on the women’s.
Among the 11 varsity sports Lamar University sponsors, basketball sits at #5 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 4 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Jordan Fee.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is A'Quonesia Franklin.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 4.
Among the school’s 11 sports, basketball ranks #2 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Lamar University men’s basketball program brought in $1,934,655 in revenue against $1,896,927 in expenses, netting $37,728. That works out to about $25,003 in operating expense per athlete, or $350,048 per team.
The Lamar University women’s basketball program generated $1,493,016 in revenue against $1,481,580 in expenses, netting $11,436. This comes to about $24,694 in operating expense per athlete, or $296,333 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team generated $1,934,655 to the women’s $1,493,016 in revenue.
Against the school’s 11 sports, basketball sits #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 937 (947 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 69%. It retained 93% of its athletes, with 96% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 979 (978 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 93%. It retained 96% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 937 and the women 979, with graduation success rates of 69% and 93% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 970, basketball trails the average at 958.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.