by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Basketball at North Carolina Central University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. North Carolina Central University competes in NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Mid-Eastern Athletic Conf..
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The North Carolina Central University men’s basketball team carries 17 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 52. The NCAA tracked 51 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The North Carolina Central University women’s basketball team fields 16 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 52. Academic data covers 53 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, North Carolina Central University fields 33 basketball athletes — 17 on the men’s side and 16 on the women’s.
Among the 11 varsity sports North Carolina Central University reports, basketball sits at #4 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is LeVelle Moton.
The women’s basketball program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 3 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Olivia Gaines.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 3.
Among the school’s 11 sports, basketball sits #4 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The North Carolina Central University men’s basketball program brought in $1,504,543 in revenue against $1,504,543 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $20,640 in operating expense per athlete, or $350,881 per team.
The North Carolina Central University women’s basketball program brought in $1,279,308 in revenue against $1,279,308 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $19,904 in operating expense per athlete, or $318,467 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team brought in $1,504,543 to the women’s $1,279,308 in revenue.
Against the school’s 11 sports, basketball ranks #2 by revenue, or about 18% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 942 (955 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 96% of its athletes, with 94% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 989 (980 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 94%. The program kept 98% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 942 and the women 989, with graduation success rates of 100% and 94% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 978, basketball sits below average at 966.
When North Carolina Central University earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, you’ll see it called out. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.