by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Basketball at Winthrop University, a winter sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Winthrop competes in NCAA Division I without football as a member of Big South Conference.
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The Winthrop men’s basketball team fields 16 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 52. Academic data covers 52 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Winthrop women’s basketball team lists 17 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 58. The NCAA tracked 58 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, Winthrop fields 33 basketball athletes — 16 on the men’s side and 17 on the women’s.
Of the 11 varsity sports Winthrop reports, basketball ranks #4 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program is staffed by 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Of those, 5 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Mark Prosser.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Semeka Randall Lay.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 5 coaches to the women’s 4.
Among the school’s 11 sports, basketball sits #1 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Winthrop men’s basketball program generated $1,944,015 in revenue against $1,944,015 in expenses, essentially breaking even. Per athlete, that is about $42,025 in operating expense per athlete, or $672,406 per team.
The Winthrop women’s basketball program generated $1,556,460 in revenue against $1,556,460 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $30,288 in operating expense per athlete, or $514,896 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team generated $1,944,015 to the women’s $1,556,460 in revenue.
Among the school’s 11 sports, basketball ranks #1 by revenue, or about 28% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 955 (971 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 85%. It retained 97% of its athletes, with 96% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 971 (953 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 85%. It retained 94% of its athletes, with 96% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 955 and the women 971, with graduation success rates of 85% and 85% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 976, basketball lands below the pack at 963.
If Winthrop earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.