by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Basketball at Messiah University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Messiah plays at the level of NCAA Division III without football as a member of Middle Atlantic Conferences.
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The Messiah men’s basketball team carries 16 players.
The Messiah women’s basketball team carries 15 student athletes.
Combined, Messiah carries 31 basketball athletes — 16 on the men’s side and 15 on the women’s.
Among the 13 varsity sports Messiah sponsors, basketball comes in at #8 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 0 work full-time and 3 part-time. Leading the program is Jacob Fleegle.
The women’s basketball program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 0 are full-time and 3 part-time. At the helm is Mike Miller.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 3.
Across the school’s 13 sports, basketball sits #6 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Messiah men’s basketball program generated $172,915 in revenue against $178,243 in expenses, a net loss of $5,328. That works out to about $4,382 in operating expense per athlete, or $70,114 per team.
The Messiah women’s basketball program brought in $198,076 in revenue against $151,027 in expenses, netting $47,049. This comes to about $1,851 in operating expense per athlete, or $27,758 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team generated $172,915 to the women’s $198,076 in revenue.
Against the school’s 13 sports, basketball ranks #1 by revenue, accounting for 13% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
If Messiah 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.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.