by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at The University of Texas at San Antonio, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. UTSA plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of American Conference.
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The UTSA men’s basketball team carries 16 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 51. The most recent cohort included 52 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The UTSA women’s basketball team lists 29 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 55. The NCAA tracked 68 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, UTSA fields 45 basketball athletes — 16 on the men’s side and 29 on the women’s.
Of the 11 varsity sports UTSA sponsors, basketball ranks #3 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program carries 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. In all, 6 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Austin Claunch.
The women’s basketball program carries 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Staffing-wise, 6 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Karen Aston.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 6 coaches to the women’s 6.
Across the school’s 11 sports, basketball sits #2 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UTSA men’s basketball program reported $2,897,731 in revenue against $2,897,731 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $50,211 in operating expense per athlete, or $803,368 per team.
The UTSA women’s basketball program reported $2,642,589 in revenue against $2,642,589 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $22,329 in operating expense per athlete, or $647,528 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $2,897,731 to the women’s $2,642,589 in revenue.
Against the school’s 11 sports, basketball sits #2 by revenue, accounting for 10% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 945 (958 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 83%. It retained 96% of its athletes, with 96% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (986 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 92%. It retained 99% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 945 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 83% and 92% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 983, basketball sits below average at 972.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.