by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at Randolph-Macon College, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Randolph - Macon plays at the level of NCAA Division III with football as a member of Old Dominion Athletic Conf..
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The Randolph - Macon men’s basketball team carries 15 student athletes.
The Randolph - Macon women’s basketball team fields 17 athletes.
Combined, Randolph - Macon carries 32 basketball athletes — 15 on the men’s side and 17 on the women’s.
Among the 11 varsity sports Randolph - Macon reports, basketball comes in at #7 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 2 are full-time and 2 part-time. The head coach is Joshua Merkel.
The women’s basketball program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 2 work full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Lindsey Burke-Eberhart.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 3.
Among the school’s 11 sports, basketball ranks #2 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Randolph - Macon men’s basketball program generated $409,887 in revenue against $409,870 in expenses, netting $17. That works out to about $12,161 in operating expense per athlete, or $182,420 per team.
The Randolph - Macon women’s basketball program brought in $280,441 in revenue against $268,402 in expenses, netting $12,039. That works out to about $6,471 in operating expense per athlete, or $110,007 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $409,887 to the women’s $280,441 in revenue.
Against the school’s 11 sports, basketball sits #2 by revenue, accounting for 14% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
When Randolph - Macon places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, you’ll see it called out. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.