by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Basketball at Florida Gulf Coast University, a winter sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. FGCU competes in NCAA Division I without football as a member of Atlantic Sun Conference.
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The FGCU men’s basketball team fields 17 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 52. The NCAA tracked 52 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The FGCU women’s basketball team lists 15 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 58. The most recent cohort included 57 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, FGCU carries 32 basketball athletes — 17 on the men’s side and 15 on the women’s.
Of the 12 varsity sports FGCU sponsors, basketball ranks #3 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program carries 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. In all, 5 are full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Patrick Chambers.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Staffing-wise, 5 are full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Raina Harmon.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 6 coaches to the women’s 6.
Among the school’s 12 sports, basketball sits #1 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The FGCU men’s basketball program reported $2,519,072 in revenue against $2,519,072 in expenses, essentially breaking even. Per athlete, that is about $27,956 in operating expense per athlete, or $475,255 per team.
The FGCU women’s basketball program brought in $2,697,641 in revenue against $2,697,641 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $25,421 in operating expense per athlete, or $381,314 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team generated $2,519,072 to the women’s $2,697,641 in revenue.
Among the school’s 12 sports, basketball sits #1 by revenue, accounting for 26% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 951 (975 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 85%. It retained 97% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 994 (1000 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 951 and the women 994, with graduation success rates of 85% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 990, basketball lands below the pack at 972.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.