by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at Lehigh University, a winter sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Lehigh plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Patriot League.
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The Lehigh men’s basketball team fields 15 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 45. The NCAA tracked 48 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Lehigh women’s basketball team lists 14 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 54. The most recent cohort included 56 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, Lehigh carries 29 basketball athletes — 15 on the men’s side and 14 on the women’s.
Of the 17 varsity sports Lehigh sponsors, basketball sits at #9 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Brett Reed.
The women’s basketball program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Addie Micir.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 4.
Among the school’s 17 sports, basketball ranks #4 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Lehigh men’s basketball program reported $2,252,333 in revenue against $2,252,333 in expenses, essentially breaking even. Per athlete, that is about $22,159 in operating expense per athlete, or $332,380 per team.
The Lehigh women’s basketball program generated $2,289,204 in revenue against $2,289,204 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $23,041 in operating expense per athlete, or $322,573 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $2,252,333 to the women’s $2,289,204 in revenue.
Against the school’s 17 sports, basketball sits #2 by revenue, accounting for 10% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (960 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 89%. Year over year, it held onto 98% of its athletes, with 94% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 1000 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 89% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 995, basketball sits above average at 1000.
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