by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Basketball at Wilkes University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Wilkes is classified as NCAA Division III with football as a member of Landmark Conference.
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The Wilkes men’s basketball team carries 17 players.
The Wilkes women’s basketball team carries 13 student athletes.
Between the two teams, Wilkes fields 30 basketball athletes — 17 on the men’s side and 13 on the women’s.
Of the 14 varsity sports Wilkes sponsors, basketball ranks #7 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 0 are full-time and 3 part-time. Leading the program is Izzi Metz.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 0 work full-time and 2 part-time. The head coach is Al Berger.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 2.
Among the school’s 14 sports, basketball sits #8 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Wilkes men’s basketball program brought in $260,942 in revenue against $260,942 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $4,149 in operating expense per athlete, or $70,530 per team.
The Wilkes women’s basketball program generated $141,550 in revenue against $141,550 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $4,581 in operating expense per athlete, or $59,558 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $260,942 to the women’s $141,550 in revenue.
Against the school’s 14 sports, basketball sits #3 by revenue, accounting for 8% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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