by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at Brigham Young University, a winter sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. BYU is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big 12 Conference.
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The BYU men’s basketball team fields 17 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 54. The NCAA tracked 52 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The BYU women’s basketball team carries 16 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 62. Academic data covers 59 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, BYU fields 33 basketball athletes — 17 on the men’s side and 16 on the women’s.
Among the 14 varsity sports BYU sponsors, basketball comes in at #6 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program carries 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Staffing-wise, 5 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Kevin Young.
The women’s basketball program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Lee Cummard.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 5 coaches to the women’s 4.
Among the school’s 14 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 BYU men’s basketball program generated $28,047,261 in revenue against $17,030,052 in expenses, a net profit of $11,017,209. That works out to about $181,172 in operating expense per athlete, or $3,079,926 per team.
The BYU women’s basketball program reported $1,566,760 in revenue against $5,082,856 in expenses, a net loss of $3,516,096. This comes to about $103,413 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,654,615 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team brought in $28,047,261 to the women’s $1,566,760 in revenue.
Among the school’s 14 sports, basketball ranks #2 by revenue, or about 19% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 995 (975 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 92%. It retained 96% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 975 (983 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 93%. It retained 99% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 995 and the women 975, with graduation success rates of 92% and 93% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 980, basketball comes in above the pack at 985.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.