On this page we break down Volleyball at Brigham Young University — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. BYU is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big 12 Conference.
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The BYU men’s volleyball team fields 18 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 71. The NCAA tracked 63 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The BYU women’s volleyball team carries 19 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 56. The NCAA tracked 58 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, BYU carries 37 volleyball athletes — 18 on the men’s side and 19 on the women’s.
Of the 14 varsity sports BYU sponsors, volleyball sits at #5 by total roster size.
The men’s volleyball program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 3 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Shawn Olmstead.
The women’s volleyball program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 3 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Rob Neilson.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 3.
Across the school’s 14 sports, volleyball sits #5 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The BYU men’s volleyball program reported $1,796,663 in revenue against $2,184,689 in expenses, a net loss of $388,026. Per athlete, that is about $43,685 in operating expense per athlete, or $786,338 per team.
The BYU women’s volleyball program reported $2,062,226 in revenue against $2,759,500 in expenses, running a deficit of $697,274. Per athlete, that is about $33,611 in operating expense per athlete, or $638,600 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $1,796,663 to the women’s $2,062,226 in revenue.
Among the school’s 14 sports, volleyball sits #5 by revenue, accounting for 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s volleyball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 987 (978 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 70%. Year over year, it held onto 97% of its athletes, with 96% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s volleyball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 989 (990 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 90%. The program kept 100% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 987 and the women 989, with graduation success rates of 70% and 90% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 980, volleyball grades out ahead at 988.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.