by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Basketball at Georgetown University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Georgetown competes in NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of BIG EAST Conference.
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The Georgetown men’s basketball team fields 16 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 47. The most recent cohort included 53 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Georgetown women’s basketball team lists 18 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 54. Academic data covers 55 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, Georgetown fields 34 basketball athletes — 16 on the men’s side and 18 on the women’s.
Among the 18 varsity sports Georgetown sponsors, basketball ranks #8 by total roster size.
The men’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 Ed Cooley.
The women’s basketball program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Darnell Haney.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 4.
Among the school’s 18 sports, basketball ranks #2 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Georgetown men’s basketball program reported $17,459,258 in revenue against $17,459,258 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $44,608 in operating expense per athlete, or $713,728 per team.
The Georgetown women’s basketball program brought in $4,034,580 in revenue against $4,034,580 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $11,019 in operating expense per athlete, or $198,337 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $17,459,258 to the women’s $4,034,580 in revenue.
Among the school’s 18 sports, basketball ranks #1 by revenue, or about 37% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 960 (950 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 63%. It retained 94% of its athletes, with 96% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 960 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 63% and 100% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 994, basketball trails the average at 980.
When Georgetown earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, you’ll see it called out. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.