by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Basketball at Wheeling University, a winter sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Wheeling University is classified as NCAA Division II with football as a member of Mountain East Conference.
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The Wheeling University men’s basketball team fields 21 athletes.
The Wheeling University women’s basketball team carries 23 players.
Combined, Wheeling University fields 44 basketball athletes — 21 on the men’s side and 23 on the women’s.
Of the 13 varsity sports Wheeling University reports, basketball comes in at #5 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 2 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Chris Richardson.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 2 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Ella Skeens.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
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 Wheeling University men’s basketball program brought in $321,285 in revenue against $593,296 in expenses, coming up short by $272,011. That works out to about $5,639 in operating expense per athlete, or $118,415 per team.
The Wheeling University women’s basketball program brought in $418,617 in revenue against $672,533 in expenses, coming up short by $253,916. That works out to about $5,240 in operating expense per athlete, or $120,521 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $321,285 to the women’s $418,617 in revenue.
Against the school’s 13 sports, basketball sits #4 by revenue, or about 8% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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