by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at University of Utah, a winter sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. U of U competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big 12 Conference.
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The U of U men’s basketball team lists 18 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 55. The NCAA tracked 53 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The U of U women’s basketball team carries 14 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 58. The most recent cohort included 53 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, U of U fields 32 basketball athletes — 18 on the men’s side and 14 on the women’s.
Of the 17 varsity sports U of U reports, basketball comes in at #6 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. The head coach is Alex Jensen.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Staffing-wise, 6 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Gavin Petersen.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 6 coaches to the women’s 6.
Among the school’s 17 sports, basketball ranks #1 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The U of U men’s basketball program brought in $16,981,671 in revenue against $8,954,515 in expenses, netting $8,027,156. This comes to about $111,807 in operating expense per athlete, or $2,012,533 per team.
The U of U women’s basketball program reported $764,775 in revenue against $5,015,772 in expenses, coming up short by $4,250,997. This comes to about $101,905 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,426,667 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team brought in $16,981,671 to the women’s $764,775 in revenue.
Among the school’s 17 sports, basketball ranks #2 by revenue, accounting for 14% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 961 (946 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 67%. The program kept 90% of its athletes, with 98% 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 100%. Year over year, it held onto 98% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 961 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 67% and 100% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 985, basketball lands below the pack at 980.
If U of U earns a spot on a 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.