This page takes a deep look at Basketball at Otterbein University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Otterbein is classified as NCAA Division III with football as a member of Ohio Athletic Conference.
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The Otterbein men’s basketball team fields 19 players.
The Otterbein women’s basketball team fields 21 players.
Between the two teams, Otterbein fields 40 basketball athletes — 19 on the men’s side and 21 on the women’s.
Among the 13 varsity sports Otterbein sponsors, basketball ranks #7 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 2 are full-time and 2 part-time. At the helm is Andy Winters.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 2 are full-time and 2 part-time. Leading the program is Diana Noles.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 4.
Among the school’s 13 sports, basketball ranks #4 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Otterbein men’s basketball program reported $229,400 in revenue against $194,458 in expenses, netting $34,942. That works out to about $2,513 in operating expense per athlete, or $47,751 per team.
The Otterbein women’s basketball program reported $224,004 in revenue against $191,465 in expenses, netting $32,539. This comes to about $2,317 in operating expense per athlete, or $48,647 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $229,400 to the women’s $224,004 in revenue.
Among the school’s 13 sports, basketball ranks #1 by revenue, accounting for 10% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
If Otterbein places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we note it here. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.