by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Soccer at Amherst College, a fall sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Amherst is classified as NCAA Division III with football as a member of New England Small College Athletic Conference.
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The Amherst men’s soccer team fields 32 players.
The Amherst women’s soccer team fields 31 athletes.
Combined, Amherst carries 63 soccer athletes — 32 on the men’s side and 31 on the women’s.
Among the 18 varsity sports Amherst sponsors, soccer sits at #5 by total roster size.
The men’s soccer program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 1 are full-time and 2 part-time. The head coach is Justin Serpone.
The women’s soccer program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 2 work full-time and 2 part-time. At the helm is Jen Hughes.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 4.
Across the school’s 18 sports, soccer ranks #5 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Amherst men’s soccer program brought in $451,877 in revenue against $451,877 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $4,740 in operating expense per athlete, or $151,677 per team.
The Amherst women’s soccer program brought in $425,782 in revenue against $425,782 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $3,587 in operating expense per athlete, or $111,194 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $451,877 to the women’s $425,782 in revenue.
Against the school’s 18 sports, soccer sits #3 by revenue, or about 8% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
When Amherst places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we note it here. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.