by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Basketball at University of West Georgia, a winter sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. University of West Georgia is classified as NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Atlantic Sun Conference.
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The University of West Georgia men’s basketball team fields 16 student athletes. Academic data covers 13 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The University of West Georgia women’s basketball team fields 15 players. The most recent cohort included 13 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, University of West Georgia fields 31 basketball athletes — 16 on the men’s side and 15 on the women’s.
Of the 10 varsity sports University of West Georgia sponsors, basketball sits at #5 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Staffing-wise, 4 are full-time and 2 part-time. At the helm is Dave Moore.
The women’s basketball program carries 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Of those, 4 work full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Joanna Reitz.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 6 coaches to the women’s 5.
Among the school’s 10 sports, basketball sits #3 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The University of West Georgia men’s basketball program brought in $1,278,467 in revenue against $1,278,467 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $22,391 in operating expense per athlete, or $358,263 per team.
The University of West Georgia women’s basketball program reported $1,214,098 in revenue against $1,214,098 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $26,000 in operating expense per athlete, or $390,005 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $1,278,467 to the women’s $1,214,098 in revenue.
Among the school’s 10 sports, basketball sits #2 by revenue, accounting for 19% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 958 and a Graduation Success Rate of 76%.
The women’s basketball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 and a Graduation Success Rate of 72%.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 958 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 76% and 72% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 963, basketball grades out ahead at 979.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.