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Longwood University Women's Basketball

Farmville, VA · the Lancers · Longwood University overview
13
Roster
room for 2 under the cap of 15
$1.7M
Team budget
29th percentile in Division I
$133,503
Per roster spot
median $141,297
6
Coaches
1 head · 5 assistant
978
APR
96% of players retained
85%
Admitted
lower half for selectivity

Longwood University fields a women's basketball team in the Big South Conference (NCAA Division I). In 2024–25 the roster carried 13 players, below the median of 15, with 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Team expenses were $1,735,542, below the median of $2.2M — $133,503 per roster spot, lower half of Division I women's basketball programs. That leaves room for 2 under the Division I roster cap of 15 in force from 2025-26. The team's multi-year Academic Progress Rate is 978, about the median of 986, with 96% of players retained year to year. The school gave $3,366,638 in athletic aid across its women's teams, about $20,781 per roster spot.

Among Division I women's basketball programs

Where this program sits against its 360 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).

Team budget$1.7M
Spend per player$133,503
Roster size13
Coaching staff6
APR978

Team budgets across the division

$619k$13M
this programevery Division I women's basketball program

Roster sizes (cap 15)

1150
this programevery Division I roster

The program

  • Roster13 2024–25 season
  • Division I roster cap15 room for 2
  • Coaching staff1 head, 5 assistant
  • Team expenses$1,735,542 for the year
  • Operating expenses$267,891 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$133,503 division median $141,297
  • Academic Progress Rate978 multi-year; 982 latest
  • Players retained96% year to year
  • Eligible98% of player-terms
  • Athletic aid, women's teams$3,366,638 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$20,781 across women's teams
  • Recruiting spend, women's$84,084 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Erika Lang-Montgomery head coachHead CoachOn file · sign in
Landis F. McCoyAssociate Head Women's Basketball CoachOn file · sign in
Ivana BoydAssistant Women's Basketball CoachOn file · sign in
Betsy HarrisAssistant Women's Basketball CoachOn file · sign in
Jazmyn SimmonsDirector of Basketball OperationsOn file · sign in
Brendan ScanlonGraduate Assistant Women's Basketball CoachOn file · sign in
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Recruiting timing

  • Coaches may first contact youJune 1 after sophomore year
  • Your own emailsAny time the rule limits what coaches send back
  • High-school basketball players356,240 2024-25
  • Division I roster spots6,175 360 programs
  • Odds of a spot1 in 58 1.7% of high-school players hold a Division I roster spot

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About the school

What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.
3,223undergraduates · 4,545 students in all
Women 71% Men 29%
Setting
Town
Type
Public · Master's university
Affiliation
None
85%admitted · of 6,078 applicants
SAT middle 50%1020 – 1190
ACT middle 50%22 – 25
Test scores
Test-optional
Graduate in 6 yrs
62%

Women's Basketball

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13on the roster · 2024–25 season
Roster vs the D-I cap of 1513
room for 2
Academic Progress Rate978
96% of players kept year to year
Team expenses
$1,735,542 $133,503 per roster spot · lower half of Division I
Coaches
1 head · 5 assistant
Athletic aid, women's teams
$3,366,638
Recruiting spend, women's
$84,084
$22,900net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker, in-state$35,131
Sticker, out-of-state$47,341
Average net price$22,900
Net price by family income
$0–30k$14,546
$30–48k$15,727
$48–75k$18,489
$75–110k$22,915
$110k and up$26,405
Tuition & fees
$15,200 in-state · $27,410 out

Campus safety

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2.17violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent2.17
Property0.43
In residence halls
1 burglaries · 27 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
1 over 2022–2024
15%of bachelor's degrees in business · 19 fields · Bachelor's, Master's
Business98 · 15%
Health professions & nursing86 · 13%
Education73 · 11%
Communication & journalism45 · 7%
Psychology41 · 6%

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SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
Liberty University Division I · Conference USA4314$3M97799%
Randolph College Division III · Old Dominion Athletic Conf.4422$140k—95%
University of Lynchburg Division III · Old Dominion Athletic Conf.4415$133k—82%
University of Richmond Division I · Atlantic 10 Conference5115$4.1M97723%
University of Virginia Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference5138$5.8M99517%
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Virginia Union University Division II · Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association5521$517k—98%
Randolph-Macon College Division III · Old Dominion Athletic Conf.6017$268k—83%
Southern Virginia University Division III · USA South Athletic Conference6116$199k—100%
Washington and Lee University Division III · Old Dominion Athletic Conf.6715$253k—17%
Mary Baldwin University Division III · USA South Athletic Conference705$70k——

Other women's basketball programs in the Big South Conference

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
High Point University 3 over cap18$2.9M$160,343976vs
Longwood University room for 213$1.7M$133,503978vs
Winthrop University 2 over cap17$1.6M$91,556953vs
Radford University at cap15$1.4M$95,1221000vs
Presbyterian College room for 114$1.4M$101,039984vs
Charleston Southern University at cap15$1.3M$85,563960vs
University of South Carolina Upstate 1 over cap16$1.2M$77,985980vs
Gardner-Webb University room for 213$1.2M$92,996980vs
University of North Carolina Asheville at cap15$1.1M$75,7261000vs

Every Big South Conference women's basketball program · Women's Basketball budgets ranked