This page takes a deep look at Basketball at Ohio Dominican University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. ODU competes in NCAA Division II with football as a member of Great Midwest Athletic Conference.
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The ODU men’s basketball team carries 24 student athletes.
The ODU women’s basketball team fields 14 players.
Between the two teams, ODU fields 38 basketball athletes — 24 on the men’s side and 14 on the women’s.
Among the 10 varsity sports ODU reports, basketball ranks #5 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 2 are full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Casey Kaufman.
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 Klarke Ransome.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 3.
Among the school’s 10 sports, basketball sits #2 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The ODU men’s basketball program brought in $796,232 in revenue against $558,479 in expenses, netting $237,753. Per athlete, that is about $5,135 in operating expense per athlete, or $123,237 per team.
The ODU women’s basketball program brought in $463,146 in revenue against $367,593 in expenses, a net profit of $95,553. This comes to about $4,492 in operating expense per athlete, or $62,893 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $796,232 to the women’s $463,146 in revenue.
Against the school’s 10 sports, basketball ranks #1 by revenue, accounting for 24% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
When ODU places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.