by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Basketball at William Peace University, a winter sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. WPU competes in NCAA Division III without football as a member of USA South Athletic Conference.
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The WPU men’s basketball team lists 20 athletes.
The WPU women’s basketball team lists 14 players.
Across both rosters, WPU fields 34 basketball athletes — 20 on the men’s side and 14 on the women’s.
Among the 10 varsity sports WPU reports, basketball sits at #4 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 1 are full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Claude Shields.
The women’s basketball program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 1 are full-time and 2 part-time. At the helm is Annalee Bollinger.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 3.
Among the school’s 10 sports, basketball ranks #2 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The WPU men’s basketball program reported $177,300 in revenue against $159,920 in expenses, a net profit of $17,380. Per athlete, that is about $2,983 in operating expense per athlete, or $59,655 per team.
The WPU women’s basketball program generated $164,463 in revenue against $154,437 in expenses, for a surplus of $10,026. This comes to about $3,739 in operating expense per athlete, or $52,350 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $177,300 to the women’s $164,463 in revenue.
Among the school’s 10 sports, basketball sits #1 by revenue, or about 19% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
When WPU places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. College Factual’s sports rankings weigh both athletics and academics.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.