by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at Georgia Southwestern State University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. GSW plays at the level of NCAA Division II without football as a member of Peach Belt Conference.
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The GSW men’s basketball team fields 19 student athletes.
The GSW women’s basketball team carries 13 student athletes.
Across both rosters, GSW fields 32 basketball athletes — 19 on the men’s side and 13 on the women’s.
Among the 7 varsity sports GSW reports, basketball ranks #3 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 2 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Kevin O'Connor.
The women’s basketball program employs 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 2 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Melissa Tiber.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
Across the school’s 7 sports, basketball ranks #1 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The GSW men’s basketball program reported $433,453 in revenue against $433,453 in expenses, essentially breaking even. Per athlete, that is about $5,615 in operating expense per athlete, or $106,679 per team.
The GSW women’s basketball program brought in $410,432 in revenue against $410,432 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $7,049 in operating expense per athlete, or $91,640 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $433,453 to the women’s $410,432 in revenue.
Against the school’s 7 sports, basketball ranks #1 by revenue, or about 24% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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