by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Basketball at Iona University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Iona is classified as NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
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The Iona men’s basketball team fields 15 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 51. The NCAA tracked 53 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Iona women’s basketball team fields 16 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 55. The most recent cohort included 61 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, Iona carries 31 basketball athletes — 15 on the men’s side and 16 on the women’s.
Among the 15 varsity sports Iona reports, basketball sits at #8 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 9 coaches — 1 head coach and 8 assistants. Staffing-wise, 7 are full-time and 2 part-time. The head coach is Dan Geriot.
The women’s basketball program carries 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. In all, 5 work full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Angelika Szumilo.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 9 coaches to the women’s 6.
Among the school’s 15 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 Iona men’s basketball program generated $4,073,711 in revenue against $4,073,711 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $49,771 in operating expense per athlete, or $746,560 per team.
The Iona women’s basketball program brought in $2,310,205 in revenue against $2,310,205 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $22,346 in operating expense per athlete, or $357,536 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team brought in $4,073,711 to the women’s $2,310,205 in revenue.
Among the school’s 15 sports, basketball ranks #1 by revenue, accounting for 33% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 957 (953 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 75%. It retained 93% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 971 (961 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 87%. The program kept 95% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 957 and the women 971, with graduation success rates of 75% and 87% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 987, basketball trails the average at 964.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.