University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Women's Basketball
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign fields a women's basketball team in the Big Ten Conference (NCAA Division I). In 2024–25 the roster carried 26 players, well above the median of 15, with 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Team expenses were $7,258,435, well above the median of $2.2M — $279,170 per roster spot, top quarter of Division I women's basketball programs. Under the Division I roster cap of 15 in force from 2025-26, that is 11 over — cuts or attrition are likely, though players already on the roster may stay (145 of 360 Division I programs carried more than the cap). 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 $6,396,796 in athletic aid across its women's teams, about $24,322 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 budgets across the division
Roster sizes (cap 15)
The program
- Roster26 2024–25 season
- Division I roster cap15 11 over last season
- Coaching staff1 head, 5 assistant
- Team expenses$7,258,435 for the year
- Operating expenses$1,927,048 game-day and travel
- Spend per roster spot$279,170 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$6,396,796 school-wide
- Aid per roster spot$24,322 across women's teams
- Recruiting spend, women's$763,091 school-wide
Coaching staff
| Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Shauna Green head coach | Head Coach | not on file |
| Calamity McEntire | Associate Head Coach | On file · sign in |
| Britney Anderson | Assistant Coach | On file · sign in |
| DeAntoine Beasley | Assistant Coach | On file · sign in |
| Emily Durr | Assistant Coach / Director of Recruiting Operations | On file · sign in |
| Simon Harris | Assistant Coach | On file · sign in |
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
General NCAA rule for Division I; the women's basketball recruiting guide has the date for each grad year, the eligibility checklist and what to put in a first email.
About the school
What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.Campus
Full picture →- Setting
- City
- Type
- Public · Research university
- Affiliation
- None
Getting in
Full picture →- Test scores
- Test-optional
- Graduate in 6 yrs
- 85%
Women's Basketball
Full picture →- Team expenses
- $7,258,435 $279,171 per roster spot · top 10% of Division I
- Coaches
- 1 head · 5 assistant
- Athletic aid, women's teams
- $6,396,796
- Recruiting spend, women's
- $763,091
Cost
Full picture →- Tuition & fees
- $18,060 in-state · $39,192 out
Campus safety
Full picture →- In residence halls
- 11 burglaries · 67 sex offences over 2022–2024
- Residence-hall fires
- 14 over 2022–2024
Majors
Full picture →Research University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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.
Women's Basketball programs within 150 miles
| School | Miles | Roster | Budget | APR | Admitted | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Illinois University Division I · Ohio Valley Conference | 43 | 25 | $1.2M | 991 | 68% | |
| Millikin University Division III · College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin | 44 | 15 | $206k | — | 54% | |
| Illinois Wesleyan University Division III · College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin | 48 | 16 | $263k | — | 45% | |
| Illinois State University Division I · Missouri Valley Conference | 49 | 14 | $2M | 971 | 89% | |
| Indiana State University Division I · Missouri Valley Conference | 62 | 14 | $1.6M | 938 | 92% | |
| Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Division III · Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference | 64 | 15 | $241k | — | 73% | |
| Eureka College Division III · St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 69 | 18 | $100k | — | 88% | |
| Purdue University Division I · Big Ten Conference | 73 | 15 | $4.9M | 973 | 50% | |
| University of Illinois Springfield Division II · Great Lakes Valley Conference | 78 | 13 | $482k | — | 84% | |
| DePauw University Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference | 79 | 20 | $359k | — | 54% | |
| Bradley University Division I · Missouri Valley Conference | 84 | 16 | $1.8M | 995 | 77% | |
| Blackburn College Division III · St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 104 | 12 | $149k | — | 80% |
Other women's basketball programs in the Big Ten Conference
Every Big Ten Conference women's basketball program · Women's Basketball budgets ranked