by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo, a winter sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo competes in NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Big West Conference.
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The Cal Poly San Luis Obispo men’s basketball team fields 21 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 55. Academic data covers 55 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Cal Poly San Luis Obispo women’s basketball team lists 30 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 65. The most recent cohort included 62 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo fields 51 basketball athletes — 21 on the men’s side and 30 on the women’s.
Of the 14 varsity sports Cal Poly San Luis Obispo reports, basketball sits at #5 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program carries 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Of those, 5 are full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Mike DeGeorge.
The women’s basketball program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 4 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Shanele Stires.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 6 coaches to the women’s 4.
Across the school’s 14 sports, basketball ranks #3 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Cal Poly San Luis Obispo men’s basketball program generated $2,537,259 in revenue against $2,537,259 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $24,286 in operating expense per athlete, or $509,998 per team.
The Cal Poly San Luis Obispo women’s basketball program generated $2,109,008 in revenue against $2,109,008 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $13,910 in operating expense per athlete, or $417,305 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $2,537,259 to the women’s $2,109,008 in revenue.
Against the school’s 14 sports, basketball ranks #2 by revenue, accounting for 9% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 951 (958 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 92% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 970 (980 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 93%. Year over year, it held onto 98% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 951 and the women 970, with graduation success rates of 100% and 93% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 983, basketball trails the average at 960.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.