by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at Oglethorpe University, a winter sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Oglethorpe plays at the level of NCAA Division III without football as a member of Southern Athletic Association.
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The Oglethorpe men’s basketball team lists 24 athletes.
The Oglethorpe women’s basketball team carries 14 student athletes.
Across both rosters, Oglethorpe fields 38 basketball athletes — 24 on the men’s side and 14 on the women’s.
Among the 10 varsity sports Oglethorpe reports, basketball comes in at #5 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. At the helm is Phil Ponder.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. In all, 2 are full-time and 4 part-time. The head coach is Jasen Jonus.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 6.
Among the school’s 10 sports, basketball sits #4 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Oglethorpe men’s basketball program reported $213,478 in revenue against $213,478 in expenses, breaking even on the year. Per athlete, that is about $2,807 in operating expense per athlete, or $67,375 per team.
The Oglethorpe women’s basketball program reported $187,335 in revenue against $187,335 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $4,716 in operating expense per athlete, or $66,026 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $213,478 to the women’s $187,335 in revenue.
Against the school’s 10 sports, basketball sits #1 by revenue, accounting for 13% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.