by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at Gonzaga University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Gonzaga plays at the level of NCAA Division I without football as a member of West Coast Conference.
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The Gonzaga men’s basketball team lists 19 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 50. The NCAA tracked 53 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Gonzaga women’s basketball team lists 16 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 51. Academic data covers 54 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, Gonzaga carries 35 basketball athletes — 19 on the men’s side and 16 on the women’s.
Of the 10 varsity sports Gonzaga sponsors, basketball sits at #5 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program carries 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Staffing-wise, 6 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Mark Few.
The women’s basketball program employs 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Staffing-wise, 6 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Lisa Mispley Fortier.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 6 coaches to the women’s 6.
Among the school’s 10 sports, basketball sits #1 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Gonzaga men’s basketball program reported $19,510,548 in revenue against $13,588,661 in expenses, for a surplus of $5,921,887. Per athlete, that is about $120,720 in operating expense per athlete, or $2,293,671 per team.
The Gonzaga women’s basketball program reported $5,850,940 in revenue against $5,699,567 in expenses, for a surplus of $151,373. That works out to about $92,581 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,481,303 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team generated $19,510,548 to the women’s $5,850,940 in revenue.
Against the school’s 10 sports, basketball sits #1 by revenue, or about 53% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 989 (990 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 86%. It retained 99% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 995 (1000 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 93%. The program kept 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 989 and the women 995, with graduation success rates of 86% and 93% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 990, basketball grades out ahead at 992.
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