This page takes a deep look at Basketball at Oberlin College, a winter sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Oberlin plays at the level of NCAA Division III with football as a member of North Coast Athletic Conference.
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The Oberlin men’s basketball team fields 15 athletes.
The Oberlin women’s basketball team carries 15 student athletes.
Between the two teams, Oberlin fields 30 basketball athletes — 15 on the men’s side and 15 on the women’s.
Of the 15 varsity sports Oberlin reports, basketball ranks #8 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 2 are full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Shiva Senthil.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 2 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Stephany Dunmyer.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 2.
Across the school’s 15 sports, basketball sits #5 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Oberlin men’s basketball program generated $221,777 in revenue against $221,777 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $3,042 in operating expense per athlete, or $45,633 per team.
The Oberlin women’s basketball program reported $217,943 in revenue against $217,943 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $2,444 in operating expense per athlete, or $36,664 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team generated $221,777 to the women’s $217,943 in revenue.
Against the school’s 15 sports, basketball ranks #3 by revenue, or about 9% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
When Oberlin places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. Our sports rankings reward schools that excel on the field and in the classroom.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.