by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Basketball at Whitman College, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Whitman competes in NCAA Division III without football as a member of Northwest Conference.
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The Whitman men’s basketball team carries 19 players.
The Whitman women’s basketball team carries 12 student athletes.
Combined, Whitman carries 31 basketball athletes — 19 on the men’s side and 12 on the women’s.
Of the 11 varsity sports Whitman reports, basketball sits at #5 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 0 work full-time and 3 part-time. The head coach is John Lamanna.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Of those, 0 work full-time and 5 part-time. At the helm is Michelle Ferenz.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 5.
Among the school’s 11 sports, basketball sits #1 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Whitman men’s basketball program brought in $363,188 in revenue against $350,424 in expenses, a net profit of $12,764. Per athlete, that is about $5,940 in operating expense per athlete, or $112,867 per team.
The Whitman women’s basketball program reported $352,376 in revenue against $328,731 in expenses, for a surplus of $23,645. That works out to about $9,872 in operating expense per athlete, or $118,459 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $363,188 to the women’s $352,376 in revenue.
Among the school’s 11 sports, basketball sits #1 by revenue, accounting for 15% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.