by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Basketball at University of California-Santa Cruz, a winter sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. UC Santa Cruz competes in NCAA Division III without football as a member of Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference.
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The UC Santa Cruz men’s basketball team lists 15 athletes.
The UC Santa Cruz women’s basketball team fields 14 student athletes.
Across both rosters, UC Santa Cruz fields 29 basketball athletes — 15 on the men’s side and 14 on the women’s.
Among the 10 varsity sports UC Santa Cruz reports, basketball sits at #5 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 2 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Matt Malone.
The women’s basketball program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 2 work full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Monica Armstrong.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 3.
Among the school’s 10 sports, basketball ranks #6 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UC Santa Cruz men’s basketball program reported $332,497 in revenue against $332,497 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $9,447 in operating expense per athlete, or $141,702 per team.
The UC Santa Cruz women’s basketball program generated $266,230 in revenue against $266,230 in expenses, breaking even on the year. Per athlete, that is about $8,572 in operating expense per athlete, or $120,014 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $332,497 to the women’s $266,230 in revenue.
Among the school’s 10 sports, basketball sits #2 by revenue, or about 13% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
When UC Santa Cruz earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, you’ll see it called out. College Factual’s sports rankings weigh both athletics and academics.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.