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Division II · Peach Belt Conference

Augusta University Men's Basketball

Augusta, GA · the Jaguars · Augusta University overview
14
Roster
2024–25 season
$606k
Team budget
40th percentile in Division II
$43,311
Per roster spot
median $37,568
6
Coaches
1 head · 5 assistant
89%
Admitted
lower half for selectivity

Augusta University fields a men's basketball team in the Peach Belt Conference (NCAA Division II). In 2024–25 the roster carried 14 players, below the median of 17, with 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Team expenses were $606,357, about the median of $642k — $43,311 per roster spot, upper half of Division II men's basketball programs. The school gave $1,013,201 in athletic aid across its men's teams, about $6,453 per roster spot.

Among Division II men's basketball programs

Where this program sits against its 293 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).

Team budget$606k
Spend per player$43,311
Roster size14
Coaching staff6

Team budgets across the division

$56k$2.2M
this programevery Division II men's basketball program

Roster sizes

1261
this programevery Division II roster

The program

  • Roster14 2024–25 season
  • Coaching staff1 head, 5 assistant
  • Team expenses$606,357 for the year
  • Operating expenses$60,174 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$43,311 division median $37,568
  • Athletic aid, men's teams$1,013,201 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$6,453 across men's teams
  • Recruiting spend, men's$10,671 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Darren Metress head coachHead Coachnot on file
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Recruiting timing

  • Coaches may first contact youJune 15 after sophomore year
  • Your own emailsAny time the rule limits what coaches send back
  • High-school basketball players540,704 2024-25
  • Division II roster spots5,660 293 programs
  • Odds of a spot1 in 96 1.0% of high-school players hold a Division II roster spot

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About the school

What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.
5,684undergraduates · 9,862 students in all
Women 66% Men 34%
Setting
City
Type
Public · Research university
Affiliation
None
89%admitted · of 5,892 applicants
SAT middle 50%1020 – 1230
ACT middle 50%19 – 26
Test scores
Scores required
Graduate in 6 yrs
49%

Men's Basketball

Full picture →
14on the roster · 2024–25 season
Team expenses
$606,357 $43,311 per roster spot · lower half of Division II
Coaches
1 head · 5 assistant
Athletic aid, men's teams
$1,013,201
Recruiting spend, men's
$10,671
$13,486net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker, in-state$26,243
Sticker, out-of-state$41,621
Average net price$13,486
Net price by family income
$0–30k$10,597
$30–48k$11,947
$48–75k$13,829
$75–110k$16,848
$110k and up$16,901
Tuition & fees
$8,122 in-state · $23,500 out

Campus safety

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0.86violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent0.86
Property1.41
In residence halls
3 burglaries · 3 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
0 over 2022–2024
26%of bachelor's degrees in health professions & nursing · 19 fields · Associate's, Bachelor's, Doctorate, Master's
Health professions & nursing267 · 26%
Business122 · 12%
Computer & information sciences99 · 10%
Psychology90 · 9%
Biological sciences81 · 8%

Research Augusta University

School pages built around what an athlete needs to know — the program's money and roster room, admissions fit, what a family really pays, majors, campus life and safety.

Men's Basketball programs within 150 miles

Augusta UniversityUniversity of South Carolina Aiken · 15 miLander University · 51 miNewberry College · 60 miErskine College · 64 miClaflin University · 65 miSouth Carolina State University · 66 miUniversity of South Carolina, Columbia · 66 miAllen University · 67 miBenedict College · 67 miPresbyterian College · 69 miGeorgia Southern University · 73 miGeorgia College · 77 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
University of South Carolina Aiken Division II · Peach Belt Conference1514$703k—80%
Lander University Division II · Peach Belt Conference5117$800k—68%
Newberry College Division II · South Atlantic Conference6033$638k—75%
Erskine College Division II · Conference Carolinas6461$281k—61%
Claflin University Division II · Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association6516$571k—73%
South Carolina State University Division I · Mid-Eastern Athletic Conf.6616$1.4M96682%
University of South Carolina, Columbia Division I · Southeastern Conference6614$11M96661%
Allen University Division II · Southern Intercol. Ath. Conf.6721$312k—32%
Benedict College Division II · Southern Intercol. Ath. Conf.6716$508k—67%
Presbyterian College Division I · Big South Conference6914$1.6M95072%
Georgia Southern University Division I · Sun Belt Conference7316$2.6M98190%
Georgia College Division II · Peach Belt Conference7717$459k—88%

Other men's basketball programs in the Peach Belt Conference

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
Lander University17$800k$47,056—vs
University of North Georgia14$772k$55,177—vs
Flagler College14$756k$54,035—vs
University of South Carolina Aiken14$703k$50,186—vs
University of South Carolina Beaufort18$629k$34,937—vs
Augusta University14$606k$43,311—vs
Columbus State University22$550k$25,009—vs
Georgia College17$459k$27,002—vs
Georgia Southwestern State University19$433k$22,813—vs
Clayton State University18$409k$22,722—vs

Every Peach Belt Conference men's basketball program · Men's Basketball budgets ranked