by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Baseball at Baylor University, a spring sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Baylor competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big 12 Conference.
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The Baylor men’s baseball team fields 43 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 108. The most recent cohort included 123 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 13 varsity sports Baylor sponsors, baseball sits at #6 by total roster size.
The men’s baseball program is staffed by 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. In all, 5 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Mitch Thompson.
Among the school’s 13 sports, baseball ranks #6 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Baylor men’s baseball program brought in $5,077,125 in revenue against $5,077,125 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $30,239 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,300,297 per team.
Among the school’s 13 sports, baseball sits #4 by revenue, or about 4% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s baseball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 973 (985 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 88%. Year over year, it held onto 97% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 988, baseball trails the average at 973.
If Baylor earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, you’ll see it called out. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.