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Division I · Metro Conference

Sacred Heart University Women's Basketball

Fairfield, CT · the Pioneers · Sacred Heart University overview
14
Roster
room for 1 under the cap of 15
$2M
Team budget
44th percentile in Division I
$143,823
Per roster spot
median $141,297
4
Coaches
1 head · 3 assistant
995
APR
99% of players retained
68%
Admitted
upper half for selectivity

Sacred Heart University fields a women's basketball team in the Metro Conference (NCAA Division I). In 2024–25 the roster carried 14 players, about the median of 15, with 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Team expenses were $2,013,534, about the median of $2.2M — $143,823 per roster spot, upper half of Division I women's basketball programs. That leaves room for 1 under the Division I roster cap of 15 in force from 2025-26. The team's multi-year Academic Progress Rate is 995, about the median of 986, with 99% of players retained year to year. The school gave $7,887,879 in athletic aid across its women's teams, about $12,994 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$2M
Spend per player$143,823
Roster size14
Coaching staff4
APR995

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

  • Roster14 2024–25 season
  • Division I roster cap15 room for 1
  • Coaching staff1 head, 3 assistant
  • Team expenses$2,013,534 for the year
  • Operating expenses$279,144 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$143,823 division median $141,297
  • Academic Progress Rate995 multi-year; 1000 latest
  • Players retained99% year to year
  • Eligible100% of player-terms
  • Athletic aid, women's teams$7,887,879 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$12,994 across women's teams
  • Recruiting spend, women's$141,572 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Jessica Mannetti head coachHead Coachnot on file
Marc TaneyAssociate Head CoachOn file · sign in
Jacinda DunbarAssistant CoachOn file · sign in
Jen PeelAssistant CoachOn file · sign in
Nola CarterAssistant 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.
6,960undergraduates · 11,179 students in all
Women 63% Men 37%
Setting
Suburb
Type
Private · Doctoral/professional university
Affiliation
Roman Catholic
68%admitted · of 14,284 applicants
Test scores
Scores not considered
Graduate in 6 yrs
74%

Women's Basketball

Full picture →
14on the roster · 2024–25 season
Roster vs the D-I cap of 1514
room for 1
Academic Progress Rate995
99% of players kept year to year
Team expenses
$2,013,534 $143,824 per roster spot · lower half of Division I
Coaches
1 head · 3 assistant
Athletic aid, women's teams
$7,887,879
Recruiting spend, women's
$141,572
$46,165net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker price$70,760
Average net price$46,165
Net price by family income
$0–30k$37,374
$30–48k$38,526
$48–75k$43,128
$75–110k$47,177
$110k and up$47,318
Tuition & fees
$48,460

Campus safety

Full picture →
1violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent1.00
Property0.27
In residence halls
2 burglaries · 28 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
1 over 2022–2024
29%of bachelor's degrees in business · 20 fields · Associate's, Bachelor's, Doctorate, Master's
Business419 · 29%
Health professions & nursing353 · 24%
Biological sciences180 · 12%
Psychology129 · 9%
Communication & journalism87 · 6%

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Women's Basketball programs within 150 miles

Sacred Heart UniversityFairfield University · 4 miUniversity of Bridgeport · 5 miUniversity of New Haven · 15 miWestern Connecticut State University · 16 miSouthern Connecticut State University · 17 miYale University · 18 miAlbertus Magnus College · 18 miStony Brook University · 22 miQuinnipiac University · 23 miPost University · 23 miPurchase College, State University of New York · 27 miManhattanville University · 28 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
Fairfield University Division I · Metro Conference416$3.4M100045%
University of Bridgeport Division II · Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference519$565k—64%
University of New Haven Division I · Northeast Conference1514$879k—81%
Western Connecticut State University Division III · Little East Conference1613$175k—81%
Southern Connecticut State University Division II · Northeast 10 Conference1713$733k—81%
Yale University Division I · The Ivy League1813$1.4M10005%
Albertus Magnus College Division III · Great Northeast Athletic Conference1817$94k—64%
Stony Brook University Division I · Coastal Athletic Association2214$2.4M100049%
Quinnipiac University Division I · Metro Conference2316$2.5M100077%
Post University Division II · Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference2316$426k——
Purchase College, State University of New York Division III · Skyline Conference2713$123k—73%
Manhattanville University Division III · Skyline Conference2815$134k—85%

Other women's basketball programs in the Metro Conference

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
Fairfield University 1 over cap16$3.4M$209,4481000vs
Quinnipiac University 1 over cap16$2.5M$156,2261000vs
Siena University room for 114$2.4M$170,173995vs
Iona University 1 over cap16$2.3M$144,387961vs
Marist University at cap15$2.1M$137,0601000vs
Sacred Heart University room for 114$2M$143,823995vs
Merrimack College 6 over cap21$2M$93,446—vs
Manhattan University room for 114$1.9M$136,509982vs
Niagara University room for 213$1.9M$146,017986vs
Rider University room for 114$1.8M$130,779995vs
Canisius University at cap15$1.7M$116,641995vs
Mount St. Mary's University 7 over cap22$1.7M$76,065986vs
Saint Peter's University at cap15$1.6M$107,600991vs

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