by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at University of Mount Olive, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. UMO is classified as NCAA Division II without football as a member of Conference Carolinas.
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The UMO men’s basketball team carries 41 athletes.
The UMO women’s basketball team lists 28 student athletes.
Across both rosters, UMO carries 69 basketball athletes — 41 on the men’s side and 28 on the women’s.
Of the 14 varsity sports UMO reports, basketball sits at #4 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 2 work full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Zach Grant.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 2 are full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Joey Higginbotham.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 3.
Across the school’s 14 sports, basketball ranks #2 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UMO men’s basketball program reported $542,822 in revenue against $527,722 in expenses, a net profit of $15,100. This comes to about $1,546 in operating expense per athlete, or $63,405 per team.
The UMO women’s basketball program generated $564,122 in revenue against $556,622 in expenses, netting $7,500. Per athlete, that is about $2,283 in operating expense per athlete, or $63,913 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $542,822 to the women’s $564,122 in revenue.
Against the school’s 14 sports, basketball sits #3 by revenue, or about 10% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.