by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at Ohio Wesleyan University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. OWU plays at the level of NCAA Division III with football as a member of North Coast Athletic Conference.
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The OWU men’s basketball team lists 24 players.
The OWU women’s basketball team lists 23 players.
Across both rosters, OWU carries 47 basketball athletes — 24 on the men’s side and 23 on the women’s.
Among the 16 varsity sports OWU sponsors, basketball sits at #5 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 0 work full-time and 2 part-time. The head coach is Mike DeWitt.
The women’s basketball program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 0 work full-time and 4 part-time. Leading the program is Cody Hartzler.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 4.
Across the school’s 16 sports, basketball ranks #5 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The OWU men’s basketball program reported $223,146 in revenue against $223,146 in expenses, essentially breaking even. Per athlete, that is about $1,744 in operating expense per athlete, or $41,859 per team.
The OWU women’s basketball program brought in $205,068 in revenue against $205,068 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $2,310 in operating expense per athlete, or $53,131 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $223,146 to the women’s $205,068 in revenue.
Against the school’s 16 sports, basketball ranks #3 by revenue, or about 10% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
When OWU places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, you’ll see it called out. College Factual’s sports rankings weigh both athletics and academics.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.