by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Basketball at Willamette University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Willamette is classified as NCAA Division III with football as a member of Northwest Conference.
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The Willamette men’s basketball team lists 22 student athletes.
The Willamette women’s basketball team fields 12 athletes.
Between the two teams, Willamette carries 34 basketball athletes — 22 on the men’s side and 12 on the women’s.
Among the 15 varsity sports Willamette reports, basketball ranks #6 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 2 work full-time and 2 part-time. The head coach is Mike Lenahan.
The women’s basketball program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 2 are full-time and 2 part-time. At the helm is Peg Swadener.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 4.
Across the school’s 15 sports, basketball ranks #4 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Willamette men’s basketball program brought in $251,127 in revenue against $251,127 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $3,792 in operating expense per athlete, or $83,431 per team.
The Willamette women’s basketball program brought in $244,136 in revenue against $244,136 in expenses, breaking even on the year. Per athlete, that is about $5,738 in operating expense per athlete, or $68,858 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $251,127 to the women’s $244,136 in revenue.
Against the school’s 15 sports, basketball ranks #2 by revenue, accounting for 12% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.