by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at University of Florida, a winter sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. UF is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Southeastern Conference.
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The UF men’s basketball team carries 18 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 53. The NCAA tracked 52 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The UF women’s basketball team fields 14 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 54. The NCAA tracked 55 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, UF fields 32 basketball athletes — 18 on the men’s side and 14 on the women’s.
Among the 15 varsity sports UF reports, basketball comes in at #7 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. In all, 5 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Todd Golden.
The women’s basketball program carries 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Staffing-wise, 5 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Kelly Finley.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 5 coaches to the women’s 5.
Among the school’s 15 sports, basketball ranks #4 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UF men’s basketball program generated $17,258,007 in revenue against $13,427,727 in expenses, netting $3,830,280. This comes to about $199,103 in operating expense per athlete, or $3,583,849 per team.
The UF women’s basketball program brought in $237,160 in revenue against $5,517,320 in expenses, a net loss of $5,280,160. That works out to about $125,875 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,762,248 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $17,258,007 to the women’s $237,160 in revenue.
Among the school’s 15 sports, basketball sits #2 by revenue, or about 9% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 983 (995 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 99% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 995 (981 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 97% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 983 and the women 995, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 988, basketball grades out ahead at 989.
If UF places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we note it here. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.