On this page we break down Basketball at Southwestern Oklahoma State University, a winter sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. SWOSU competes in NCAA Division II with football as a member of Great American Conference.
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The SWOSU men’s basketball team fields 18 student athletes.
The SWOSU women’s basketball team carries 13 athletes.
Across both rosters, SWOSU fields 31 basketball athletes — 18 on the men’s side and 13 on the women’s.
Among the 11 varsity sports SWOSU reports, basketball sits at #3 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 2 are full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Brett Weiberg.
The women’s basketball program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 2 are full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Jeff Zinn.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 3.
Across the school’s 11 sports, basketball ranks #2 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The SWOSU men’s basketball program reported $459,602 in revenue against $459,602 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $5,368 in operating expense per athlete, or $96,616 per team.
The SWOSU women’s basketball program reported $448,429 in revenue against $448,429 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $7,854 in operating expense per athlete, or $102,107 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $459,602 to the women’s $448,429 in revenue.
Against the school’s 11 sports, basketball ranks #2 by revenue, or about 15% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
When SWOSU earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. Our sports rankings reward schools that excel on the field and in the classroom.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.