by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Basketball at Virginia Wesleyan University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. VWU is classified as NCAA Division III without football as a member of Old Dominion Athletic Conf..
Jump to any section using the links below:
The VWU men’s basketball team carries 21 players.
The VWU women’s basketball team lists 12 student athletes.
Between the two teams, VWU fields 33 basketball athletes — 21 on the men’s side and 12 on the women’s.
Of the 14 varsity sports VWU sponsors, basketball sits at #5 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 2 are full-time and 2 part-time. At the helm is David Macedo.
The women’s basketball program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 2 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Megan Belo.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 2.
Among the school’s 14 sports, basketball sits #2 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The VWU men’s basketball program brought in $376,075 in revenue against $376,075 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $5,288 in operating expense per athlete, or $111,050 per team.
The VWU women’s basketball program brought in $171,719 in revenue against $171,719 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $4,917 in operating expense per athlete, or $59,000 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team brought in $376,075 to the women’s $171,719 in revenue.
Among the school’s 14 sports, basketball ranks #1 by revenue, or about 16% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
If VWU places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we note it here. College Factual’s sports rankings weigh both athletics and academics.
If we don’t have data on a particular metric for this sport, it won’t appear above.