by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at Palm Beach Atlantic University, a winter sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Palm Beach Atlantic is classified as NCAA Division II without football as a member of Sunshine State Conference.
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The Palm Beach Atlantic men’s basketball team lists 18 athletes.
The Palm Beach Atlantic women’s basketball team fields 14 student athletes.
Combined, Palm Beach Atlantic fields 32 basketball athletes — 18 on the men’s side and 14 on the women’s.
Among the 12 varsity sports Palm Beach Atlantic reports, basketball comes in at #6 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 2 work full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Coleman Rose.
The women’s basketball program employs 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 2 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Grahm Smith.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 2.
Among the school’s 12 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 Palm Beach Atlantic men’s basketball program brought in $714,411 in revenue against $672,419 in expenses, netting $41,992. Per athlete, that is about $4,939 in operating expense per athlete, or $88,895 per team.
The Palm Beach Atlantic women’s basketball program reported $667,092 in revenue against $656,819 in expenses, for a surplus of $10,273. This comes to about $4,849 in operating expense per athlete, or $67,881 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $714,411 to the women’s $667,092 in revenue.
Among the school’s 12 sports, basketball sits #1 by revenue, accounting for 15% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
When Palm Beach Atlantic places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we note it here. Our sports rankings reward schools that excel on the field and in the classroom.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.