by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Basketball at University of Georgia, a winter sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. UGA plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Southeastern Conference.
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The UGA men’s basketball team fields 15 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 52. Academic data covers 54 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The UGA women’s basketball team fields 23 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 54. The NCAA tracked 58 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, UGA fields 38 basketball athletes — 15 on the men’s side and 23 on the women’s.
Of the 15 varsity sports UGA reports, basketball ranks #7 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Of those, 6 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Mike White.
The women’s basketball program employs 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Staffing-wise, 6 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Katie Abrahamson-Henderson.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 6 coaches to the women’s 6.
Across the school’s 15 sports, basketball ranks #2 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UGA men’s basketball program reported $16,079,070 in revenue against $10,400,030 in expenses, for a surplus of $5,679,040. This comes to about $121,190 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,817,846 per team.
The UGA women’s basketball program generated $1,472,828 in revenue against $5,472,173 in expenses, a net loss of $3,999,345. Per athlete, that is about $51,514 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,184,833 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $16,079,070 to the women’s $1,472,828 in revenue.
Against the school’s 15 sports, basketball sits #2 by revenue, accounting for 8% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 970 (975 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 50%. Year over year, it held onto 96% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 978 (995 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 85%. It retained 98% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 970 and the women 978, with graduation success rates of 50% and 85% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 989, basketball sits below average at 974.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.