by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at Spalding University, a winter sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Spalding is classified as NCAA Division III without football as a member of St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
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The Spalding men’s basketball team carries 23 athletes.
The Spalding women’s basketball team lists 17 athletes.
Combined, Spalding carries 40 basketball athletes — 23 on the men’s side and 17 on the women’s.
Of the 10 varsity sports Spalding sponsors, basketball sits at #4 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 0 are full-time and 2 part-time. The head coach is Kevin Gray.
The women’s basketball program employs 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 1 work full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Raven Merriweather.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
Across the school’s 10 sports, basketball ranks #4 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Spalding men’s basketball program brought in $153,091 in revenue against $153,091 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $3,986 in operating expense per athlete, or $91,676 per team.
The Spalding women’s basketball program brought in $128,227 in revenue against $128,227 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $4,602 in operating expense per athlete, or $78,236 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $153,091 to the women’s $128,227 in revenue.
Against the school’s 10 sports, basketball ranks #3 by revenue, or about 11% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
When Spalding earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, you’ll see it called out. College Factual’s sports rankings weigh both athletics and academics.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.