by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Basketball at Charleston Southern University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. CSU is classified as NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Big South Conference.
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The CSU men’s basketball team fields 15 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 56. The NCAA tracked 54 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The CSU women’s basketball team fields 15 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 58. The most recent cohort included 53 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, CSU fields 30 basketball athletes — 15 on the men’s side and 15 on the women’s.
Of the 11 varsity sports CSU sponsors, basketball ranks #4 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Saah Nimley.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Tim Hays.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 4.
Among the school’s 11 sports, basketball sits #2 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The CSU men’s basketball program brought in $1,688,815 in revenue against $1,688,815 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $34,351 in operating expense per athlete, or $515,262 per team.
The CSU women’s basketball program reported $1,283,458 in revenue against $1,283,458 in expenses, breaking even on the year. Per athlete, that is about $17,316 in operating expense per athlete, or $259,740 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $1,688,815 to the women’s $1,283,458 in revenue.
Against the school’s 11 sports, basketball sits #2 by revenue, accounting for 20% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 974 (972 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 87%. Year over year, it held onto 96% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 995 (960 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 72%. Year over year, it held onto 95% of its athletes, with 96% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 974 and the women 995, with graduation success rates of 87% and 72% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 982, basketball grades out ahead at 984.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.