by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi, a winter sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Texas A&M Corpus Christi plays at the level of NCAA Division I without football as a member of Southland Conference.
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The Texas A&M Corpus Christi men’s basketball team lists 17 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 52. The most recent cohort included 52 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Texas A&M Corpus Christi women’s basketball team fields 23 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 60. The most recent cohort included 59 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, Texas A&M Corpus Christi fields 40 basketball athletes — 17 on the men’s side and 23 on the women’s.
Among the 11 varsity sports Texas A&M Corpus Christi sponsors, basketball ranks #3 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Staffing-wise, 6 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Jim Shaw.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. In all, 6 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Toyelle Wilson.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 6 coaches to the women’s 6.
Across the school’s 11 sports, basketball sits #1 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Texas A&M Corpus Christi men’s basketball program reported $2,195,184 in revenue against $2,195,184 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $22,348 in operating expense per athlete, or $379,924 per team.
The Texas A&M Corpus Christi women’s basketball program brought in $1,724,449 in revenue against $1,724,449 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $11,609 in operating expense per athlete, or $266,997 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $2,195,184 to the women’s $1,724,449 in revenue.
Against the school’s 11 sports, basketball ranks #1 by revenue, or about 23% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (947 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 75%. Year over year, it held onto 92% of its athletes, with 95% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 995 (969 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 79%. The program kept 96% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 1000 and the women 995, with graduation success rates of 75% and 79% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 990, basketball comes in above the pack at 998.
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