by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Basketball at Radford University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Radford is classified as NCAA Division I without football as a member of Big South Conference.
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The Radford men’s basketball team lists 15 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 52. Academic data covers 52 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Radford women’s basketball team carries 15 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 54. Academic data covers 59 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, Radford fields 30 basketball athletes — 15 on the men’s side and 15 on the women’s.
Among the 11 varsity sports Radford reports, basketball sits at #4 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Of those, 5 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Zach Chu.
The women’s basketball program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Michael McGuire.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 5 coaches to the women’s 4.
Across the school’s 11 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 Radford men’s basketball program generated $2,225,866 in revenue against $2,225,866 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $33,738 in operating expense per athlete, or $506,066 per team.
The Radford women’s basketball program generated $1,426,831 in revenue against $1,426,831 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $17,224 in operating expense per athlete, or $258,360 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $2,225,866 to the women’s $1,426,831 in revenue.
Against the school’s 11 sports, basketball ranks #1 by revenue, accounting for 25% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 945 (990 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 88%. It retained 99% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 975 (1000 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 945 and the women 975, with graduation success rates of 88% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 985, basketball trails the average at 960.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.