by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Baseball at Auburn University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Auburn is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Southeastern Conference.
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The Auburn men’s baseball team lists 43 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 106. The most recent cohort included 123 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 15 varsity sports Auburn sponsors, baseball sits at #5 by total roster size.
The men’s baseball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 4 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Butch Thompson.
Among the school’s 15 sports, baseball ranks #7 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Auburn men’s baseball program generated $4,134,769 in revenue against $7,570,627 in expenses, coming up short by $3,435,858. That works out to about $36,324 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,561,914 per team.
Against the school’s 15 sports, baseball ranks #3 by revenue, or about 2% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s baseball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 998 (970 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 95%. It retained 93% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 993, baseball comes in above the pack at 998.
When Auburn earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
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