by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Basketball at Luther College, a winter sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Luther competes in NCAA Division III with football as a member of American Rivers Conference.
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The Luther men’s basketball team fields 34 athletes.
The Luther women’s basketball team lists 19 players.
Across both rosters, Luther carries 53 basketball athletes — 34 on the men’s side and 19 on the women’s.
Among the 15 varsity sports Luther reports, basketball comes in at #5 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 0 work full-time and 3 part-time. At the helm is Mark Franzen.
The women’s basketball program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 0 work full-time and 3 part-time. At the helm is Amanda Bailey.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 3.
Across the school’s 15 sports, basketball ranks #5 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Luther men’s basketball program brought in $138,361 in revenue against $138,376 in expenses, coming up short by $15. That works out to about $876 in operating expense per athlete, or $29,783 per team.
The Luther women’s basketball program reported $157,655 in revenue against $153,142 in expenses, netting $4,513. This comes to about $1,711 in operating expense per athlete, or $32,500 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $138,361 to the women’s $157,655 in revenue.
Against the school’s 15 sports, basketball sits #5 by revenue, accounting for 6% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
If Luther places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we note it here. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.