by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Swimming at Wingate University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Wingate competes in NCAA Division II with football as a member of South Atlantic Conference.
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The Wingate men’s swimming team fields 28 players.
The Wingate women’s swimming team lists 27 athletes.
Combined, Wingate carries 55 swimming athletes — 28 on the men’s side and 27 on the women’s.
Among the 18 varsity sports Wingate sponsors, swimming comes in at #5 by total roster size.
The men’s swimming program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 2 are full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Kevin Hennessy.
The women’s swimming program carries 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Of those, 0 work full-time and 5 part-time. The head coach is Kevin Hennessy.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 5.
Among the school’s 18 sports, swimming ranks #3 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Wingate men’s swimming program brought in $688,215 in revenue against $636,859 in expenses, netting $51,356. Per athlete, that is about $3,165 in operating expense per athlete, or $88,627 per team.
The Wingate women’s swimming program generated $576,380 in revenue against $598,518 in expenses, running a deficit of $22,138. That works out to about $3,282 in operating expense per athlete, or $88,627 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $688,215 to the women’s $576,380 in revenue.
Among the school’s 18 sports, swimming sits #5 by revenue, or about 7% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
When Wingate places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, you’ll see it called out. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.