by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Basketball at University of California-Merced, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. UC Merced competes in NAIA Division II as a member of California Collegiate Athletic Association.
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The UC Merced men’s basketball team fields 20 athletes.
The UC Merced women’s basketball team carries 17 players.
Between the two teams, UC Merced carries 37 basketball athletes — 20 on the men’s side and 17 on the women’s.
Among the 7 varsity sports UC Merced sponsors, basketball comes in at #4 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 1 are full-time and 2 part-time. Leading the program is Gary Stewart.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 1 work full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Kellie Bernard.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 2.
Across the school’s 7 sports, basketball ranks #2 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UC Merced men’s basketball program generated $318,706 in revenue against $311,719 in expenses, netting $6,987. Per athlete, that is about $6,086 in operating expense per athlete, or $121,713 per team.
The UC Merced women’s basketball program generated $286,691 in revenue against $277,330 in expenses, a net profit of $9,361. This comes to about $5,649 in operating expense per athlete, or $96,029 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team brought in $318,706 to the women’s $286,691 in revenue.
Among the school’s 7 sports, basketball sits #2 by revenue, or about 16% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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