by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Basketball at Valdosta State University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. VSU competes in NCAA Division II with football as a member of Gulf South Conference.
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The VSU men’s basketball team lists 15 student athletes.
The VSU women’s basketball team lists 13 players.
Between the two teams, VSU carries 28 basketball athletes — 15 on the men’s side and 13 on the women’s.
Of the 9 varsity sports VSU reports, basketball comes in at #4 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 1 work full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Mike Helfer.
The women’s basketball program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 1 are full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Chandler Merkerson.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
Across the school’s 9 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 VSU men’s basketball program reported $564,824 in revenue against $564,824 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $6,772 in operating expense per athlete, or $101,583 per team.
The VSU women’s basketball program reported $516,227 in revenue against $516,227 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $6,729 in operating expense per athlete, or $87,477 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $564,824 to the women’s $516,227 in revenue.
Against the school’s 9 sports, basketball ranks #2 by revenue, or about 11% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.