by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at Upper Iowa University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. UIU competes in NCAA Division II with football as a member of Great Lakes Valley Conference.
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The UIU men’s basketball team lists 23 athletes.
The UIU women’s basketball team lists 16 athletes.
Across both rosters, UIU carries 39 basketball athletes — 23 on the men’s side and 16 on the women’s.
Among the 13 varsity sports UIU sponsors, basketball sits at #5 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 2 are full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Casey Kasperbauer.
The women’s basketball program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 2 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Justin Maass.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 2.
Among the school’s 13 sports, basketball ranks #2 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UIU men’s basketball program brought in $570,186 in revenue against $570,186 in expenses, essentially breaking even. Per athlete, that is about $4,729 in operating expense per athlete, or $108,772 per team.
The UIU women’s basketball program reported $507,368 in revenue against $497,304 in expenses, for a surplus of $10,064. That works out to about $5,005 in operating expense per athlete, or $80,072 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $570,186 to the women’s $507,368 in revenue.
Against the school’s 13 sports, basketball sits #2 by revenue, or about 15% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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