by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at Western Michigan University, a winter sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. WMU is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Mid-American Conference.
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The WMU men’s basketball team fields 16 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 54. Academic data covers 52 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The WMU women’s basketball team carries 15 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 67. The NCAA tracked 56 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, WMU carries 31 basketball athletes — 16 on the men’s side and 15 on the women’s.
Of the 13 varsity sports WMU sponsors, basketball sits at #5 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program carries 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Staffing-wise, 4 are full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Kahil Fennell.
The women’s basketball program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 3 work full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Kate Achter.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 5 coaches to the women’s 4.
Among the school’s 13 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 WMU men’s basketball program brought in $2,375,653 in revenue against $2,375,653 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $40,665 in operating expense per athlete, or $650,634 per team.
The WMU women’s basketball program brought in $1,755,999 in revenue against $1,755,999 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $23,842 in operating expense per athlete, or $357,636 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team generated $2,375,653 to the women’s $1,755,999 in revenue.
Among the school’s 13 sports, basketball ranks #2 by revenue, or about 9% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 984 (976 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 89%. The program kept 97% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (985 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 91%. It retained 98% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 984 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 89% and 91% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 989, basketball comes in above the pack at 992.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.