by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Basketball at Wisconsin Lutheran College, a winter sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. WLC is classified as NCAA Division III with football as a member of Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference.
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The WLC men’s basketball team fields 24 athletes.
The WLC women’s basketball team lists 21 student athletes.
Across both rosters, WLC fields 45 basketball athletes — 24 on the men’s side and 21 on the women’s.
Of the 12 varsity sports WLC sponsors, basketball sits at #5 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program carries 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Staffing-wise, 0 work full-time and 5 part-time. Leading the program is Aaron Aanonsen.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 0 work full-time and 4 part-time. Leading the program is Klay Knueppel.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 5 coaches to the women’s 4.
Among the school’s 12 sports, basketball sits #5 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The WLC men’s basketball program reported $325,818 in revenue against $257,342 in expenses, a net profit of $68,476. This comes to about $4,602 in operating expense per athlete, or $110,444 per team.
The WLC women’s basketball program reported $249,232 in revenue against $243,914 in expenses, netting $5,318. Per athlete, that is about $6,058 in operating expense per athlete, or $127,210 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team brought in $325,818 to the women’s $249,232 in revenue.
Against the school’s 12 sports, basketball sits #1 by revenue, or about 16% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
If WLC 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.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.