by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at West Chester University of Pennsylvania, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. WCUPA plays at the level of NCAA Division II with football as a member of Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference.
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The WCUPA men’s basketball team fields 16 players.
The WCUPA women’s basketball team lists 11 student athletes.
Across both rosters, WCUPA fields 27 basketball athletes — 16 on the men’s side and 11 on the women’s.
Among the 17 varsity sports WCUPA sponsors, basketball ranks #10 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program carries 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Staffing-wise, 2 are full-time and 4 part-time. At the helm is Damien Blair.
The women’s basketball program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 2 are full-time and 2 part-time. The head coach is Kiera Wooden.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 6 coaches to the women’s 4.
Across the school’s 17 sports, basketball sits #4 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The WCUPA men’s basketball program generated $651,664 in revenue against $620,688 in expenses, for a surplus of $30,976. Per athlete, that is about $6,527 in operating expense per athlete, or $104,434 per team.
The WCUPA women’s basketball program reported $391,494 in revenue against $412,062 in expenses, coming up short by $20,568. That works out to about $6,959 in operating expense per athlete, or $76,552 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team generated $651,664 to the women’s $391,494 in revenue.
Among the school’s 17 sports, basketball ranks #3 by revenue, or about 10% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
When WCUPA earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. College Factual’s sports rankings weigh both athletics and academics.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.