by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at Vanderbilt University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Vanderbilt is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Southeastern Conference.
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The Vanderbilt men’s basketball team lists 18 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 48. Academic data covers 54 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Vanderbilt women’s basketball team lists 28 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 47. Academic data covers 53 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, Vanderbilt fields 46 basketball athletes — 18 on the men’s side and 28 on the women’s.
Among the 13 varsity sports Vanderbilt sponsors, basketball comes in at #3 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Staffing-wise, 6 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Mark Byington.
The women’s basketball program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 4 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Shea Ralph.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 6 coaches to the women’s 4.
Among the school’s 13 sports, basketball sits #2 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Vanderbilt men’s basketball program generated $13,322,320 in revenue against $13,322,320 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $146,880 in operating expense per athlete, or $2,643,832 per team.
The Vanderbilt women’s basketball program generated $8,319,805 in revenue against $8,319,805 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $75,464 in operating expense per athlete, or $2,112,985 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $13,322,320 to the women’s $8,319,805 in revenue.
Against the school’s 13 sports, basketball ranks #2 by revenue, accounting for 15% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 971 (989 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 91%. Year over year, it held onto 99% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 989 and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 99% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 971 and the women 989, with graduation success rates of 91% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 994, basketball trails the average at 980.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.