by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at Webster University, a winter sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Webster is classified as NCAA Division III without football as a member of St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
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The Webster men’s basketball team fields 25 athletes.
The Webster women’s basketball team carries 21 athletes.
Between the two teams, Webster carries 46 basketball athletes — 25 on the men’s side and 21 on the women’s.
Among the 11 varsity sports Webster reports, basketball sits at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. In all, 0 are full-time and 5 part-time. The head coach is Chris Bunch.
The women’s basketball program carries 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Of those, 0 are full-time and 5 part-time. Leading the program is Jordan Olufson.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 5 coaches to the women’s 5.
Across the school’s 11 sports, basketball ranks #1 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Webster men’s basketball program brought in $183,914 in revenue against $190,757 in expenses, running a deficit of $6,843. This comes to about $3,496 in operating expense per athlete, or $87,406 per team.
The Webster women’s basketball program generated $212,951 in revenue against $215,908 in expenses, coming up short by $2,957. That works out to about $4,142 in operating expense per athlete, or $86,991 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $183,914 to the women’s $212,951 in revenue.
Among the school’s 11 sports, basketball ranks #2 by revenue, or about 12% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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