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Division II · Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

Davenport University Men's Basketball

Grand Rapids, MI · the Panthers · Davenport University overview
16
Roster
2024–25 season
$627k
Team budget
47th percentile in Division II
$39,163
Per roster spot
median $37,568
3
Coaches
1 head · 2 assistant
97%
Admitted
bottom quarter for selectivity

Davenport University fields a men's basketball team in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (NCAA Division II). In 2024–25 the roster carried 16 players, about the median of 17, with 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Team expenses were $626,619, about the median of $642k — $39,163 per roster spot, upper half of Division II men's basketball programs. The school gave $3,532,370 in athletic aid across its men's teams, about $7,937 per roster spot.

Among Division II men's basketball programs

Where this program sits against its 293 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).

Team budget$627k
Spend per player$39,163
Roster size16
Coaching staff3

Team budgets across the division

$56k$2.2M
this programevery Division II men's basketball program

Roster sizes

1261
this programevery Division II roster

The program

  • Roster16 2024–25 season
  • Coaching staff1 head, 2 assistant
  • Team expenses$626,619 for the year
  • Operating expenses$76,218 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$39,163 division median $37,568
  • Athletic aid, men's teams$3,532,370 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$7,937 across men's teams
  • Recruiting spend, men's$67,505 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Burt Paddock head coachHead Coachnot on file
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Recruiting timing

  • Coaches may first contact youJune 15 after sophomore year
  • Your own emailsAny time the rule limits what coaches send back
  • High-school basketball players540,704 2024-25
  • Division II roster spots5,660 293 programs
  • Odds of a spot1 in 96 1.0% of high-school players hold a Division II roster spot

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About the school

What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.
3,833undergraduates · 4,848 students in all
Women 58% Men 42%
Setting
Suburb
Type
Private · Master's university
Affiliation
None
97%admitted · of 3,869 applicants
Test scores
Scores not considered
Graduate in 6 yrs
51%

Men's Basketball

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16on the roster · 2024–25 season
Team expenses
$626,619 $39,164 per roster spot · lower half of Division II
Coaches
1 head · 2 assistant
Athletic aid, men's teams
$3,532,370
Recruiting spend, men's
$67,505
$19,799net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker price$39,242
Average net price$19,799
Net price by family income
$0–30k$19,021
$30–48k$25,217
$48–75k$23,986
$75–110k$17,614
$110k and up$24,791
Tuition & fees
$23,324

Campus safety

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1.45violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent1.45
Property0.62
In residence halls
9 burglaries · 15 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
0 over 2022–2024
48%of bachelor's degrees in business · 7 fields · Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's
Business351 · 48%
Health professions & nursing214 · 29%
Computer & information sciences106 · 14%
Kinesiology, parks & recreation44 · 6%
Legal studies9 · 1%

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Men's Basketball programs within 150 miles

Davenport UniversityCalvin University · 6 miGrand Valley State University · 20 miHope College · 29 miKalamazoo College · 39 miWestern Michigan University · 39 miThe University of Olivet · 42 miMichigan State University · 54 miAlma College · 57 miAlbion College · 58 miFerris State University · 58 miCentral Michigan University · 64 miHillsdale College · 78 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
Calvin University Division III · Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association622$341k—71%
Grand Valley State University Division II · Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference2017$995k—95%
Hope College Division III · Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association2924$198k—76%
Kalamazoo College Division III · Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association3919$158k—76%
Western Michigan University Division I · Mid-American Conference3916$2.4M97685%
The University of Olivet Division III · Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association4231$230k—97%
Michigan State University Division I · Big Ten Conference5416$21M99584%
Alma College Division III · Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association5736$226k—66%
Albion College Division III · Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association5830$252k—83%
Ferris State University Division II · Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference5819$786k—81%
Central Michigan University Division I · Mid-American Conference6417$2.5M96591%
Hillsdale College Division II · Great Midwest Athletic Conference78———21%

Other men's basketball programs in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
Northern Michigan University17$1.2M$72,065—vs
Wayne State University (Michigan)15$1M$67,386—vs
Grand Valley State University17$995k$58,524—vs
Michigan Technological University17$929k$54,651—vs
Lake Superior State University18$917k$50,965—vs
Ferris State University19$786k$41,369—vs
Roosevelt University16$685k$42,789—vs
Saginaw Valley State University16$673k$42,067—vs
Davenport University16$627k$39,163—vs
University of Wisconsin-Parkside17$497k$29,224—vs
Purdue University Northwest15$476k$31,705—vs

Every Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference men's basketball program · Men's Basketball budgets ranked