by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Basketball at Roosevelt University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Roosevelt competes in NCAA Division II with football as a member of Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
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The Roosevelt men’s basketball team fields 16 athletes.
The Roosevelt women’s basketball team carries 16 student athletes.
Combined, Roosevelt fields 32 basketball athletes — 16 on the men’s side and 16 on the women’s.
Of the 11 varsity sports Roosevelt reports, basketball sits at #6 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 2 are full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Dee Brown.
The women’s basketball program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 2 work full-time and 2 part-time. The head coach is Deon Thomas.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 4.
Across the school’s 11 sports, basketball ranks #1 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Roosevelt men’s basketball program reported $684,627 in revenue against $684,627 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $6,103 in operating expense per athlete, or $97,644 per team.
The Roosevelt women’s basketball program brought in $648,105 in revenue against $648,105 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $6,175 in operating expense per athlete, or $98,805 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $684,627 to the women’s $648,105 in revenue.
Against the school’s 11 sports, basketball sits #2 by revenue, accounting for 12% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
If Roosevelt 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.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.