Here we dig into Basketball at College of Charleston, a winter sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. C of C is classified as NCAA Division I without football as a member of Coastal Athletic Association.
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The C of C men’s basketball team fields 16 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 51. The NCAA tracked 54 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The C of C women’s basketball team lists 30 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 53. Academic data covers 61 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, C of C fields 46 basketball athletes — 16 on the men’s side and 30 on the women’s.
Of the 14 varsity sports C of C reports, basketball comes in at #4 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program carries 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Staffing-wise, 5 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is John Groce.
The women’s basketball program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Amanda Butler.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 5 coaches to the women’s 4.
Across the school’s 14 sports, basketball sits #1 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The C of C men’s basketball program brought in $5,415,376 in revenue against $5,415,376 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $84,837 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,357,399 per team.
The C of C women’s basketball program generated $2,431,065 in revenue against $2,431,065 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $17,973 in operating expense per athlete, or $539,176 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team brought in $5,415,376 to the women’s $2,431,065 in revenue.
Among the school’s 14 sports, basketball sits #1 by revenue, accounting for 31% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 976 (990 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 89%. Year over year, it held onto 98% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 972 (985 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 87%. The program kept 98% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 976 and the women 972, with graduation success rates of 89% and 87% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 993, basketball trails the average at 974.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.