Here we dig into Soccer at Bard College, a fall sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Bard competes in NCAA Division III without football as a member of Liberty League.
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The Bard men’s soccer team fields 30 student athletes.
The Bard women’s soccer team fields 21 players.
Across both rosters, Bard carries 51 soccer athletes — 30 on the men’s side and 21 on the women’s.
Of the 12 varsity sports Bard reports, soccer ranks #1 by total roster size.
The men’s soccer program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 1 are full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is T.J. Kostecky (Interim).
The women’s soccer program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 1 work full-time and 2 part-time. At the helm is Kate Hofstede.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 3.
Among the school’s 12 sports, soccer ranks #2 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Bard men’s soccer program reported $172,152 in revenue against $172,152 in expenses, essentially breaking even. Per athlete, that is about $1,903 in operating expense per athlete, or $57,101 per team.
The Bard women’s soccer program brought in $187,217 in revenue against $187,217 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $3,229 in operating expense per athlete, or $67,818 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team generated $172,152 to the women’s $187,217 in revenue.
Among the school’s 12 sports, soccer ranks #1 by revenue, accounting for 13% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
When Bard places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, you’ll see it called out. Our sports rankings reward schools that excel on the field and in the classroom.
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