by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Basketball at Rockford University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Rockford competes in NCAA Division III with football as a member of Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference.
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The Rockford men’s basketball team carries 27 student athletes.
The Rockford women’s basketball team fields 13 players.
Across both rosters, Rockford fields 40 basketball athletes — 27 on the men’s side and 13 on the women’s.
Among the 12 varsity sports Rockford reports, basketball comes in at #4 by total roster size.
The men’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 Aaron Jacobs.
The women’s basketball program employs 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 1 work full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Bruce Williams.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 2.
Among the school’s 12 sports, basketball sits #3 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Rockford men’s basketball program generated $225,798 in revenue against $225,798 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $2,210 in operating expense per athlete, or $59,663 per team.
The Rockford women’s basketball program reported $128,552 in revenue against $128,552 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $2,539 in operating expense per athlete, or $33,011 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team brought in $225,798 to the women’s $128,552 in revenue.
Against the school’s 12 sports, basketball sits #2 by revenue, or about 14% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.