by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Basketball at Swarthmore College, a winter sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Swarthmore competes in NCAA Division III without football as a member of Centennial Conference.
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The Swarthmore men’s basketball team lists 18 student athletes.
The Swarthmore women’s basketball team carries 15 athletes.
Combined, Swarthmore fields 33 basketball athletes — 18 on the men’s side and 15 on the women’s.
Of the 14 varsity sports Swarthmore reports, basketball sits at #6 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Of those, 1 are full-time and 4 part-time. At the helm is Shane Loeffler.
The women’s basketball program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 1 work full-time and 2 part-time. Leading the program is Dawn Grant.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 5 coaches to the women’s 3.
Across the school’s 14 sports, basketball sits #4 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Swarthmore men’s basketball program brought in $414,920 in revenue against $276,320 in expenses, a net profit of $138,600. Per athlete, that is about $4,513 in operating expense per athlete, or $81,235 per team.
The Swarthmore women’s basketball program reported $244,724 in revenue against $212,406 in expenses, for a surplus of $32,318. That works out to about $4,070 in operating expense per athlete, or $61,053 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $414,920 to the women’s $244,724 in revenue.
Among the school’s 14 sports, basketball sits #2 by revenue, accounting for 10% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.