by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Soccer at Butler University, a fall sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Butler is classified as NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of BIG EAST Conference.
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The Butler men’s soccer team carries 29 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 69. Academic data covers 86 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Butler women’s soccer team carries 32 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 97. The most recent cohort included 101 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, Butler fields 61 soccer athletes — 29 on the men’s side and 32 on the women’s.
Of the 13 varsity sports Butler reports, soccer comes in at #3 by total roster size.
The men’s soccer program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 3 work full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Paul Snape.
The women’s soccer program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 3 are full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Tari St. John.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 4.
Among the school’s 13 sports, soccer sits #3 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Butler men’s soccer program brought in $1,298,105 in revenue against $1,299,790 in expenses, a net loss of $1,685. This comes to about $2,311 in operating expense per athlete, or $67,017 per team.
The Butler women’s soccer program brought in $1,641,354 in revenue against $1,599,496 in expenses, netting $41,858. That works out to about $2,184 in operating expense per athlete, or $69,876 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $1,298,105 to the women’s $1,641,354 in revenue.
Against the school’s 13 sports, soccer sits #2 by revenue, accounting for 8% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s soccer team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 975 (976 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 81%. Year over year, it held onto 98% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s soccer team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 997 (992 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 96%. It retained 99% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 975 and the women 997, with graduation success rates of 81% and 96% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 988, soccer sits below average at 986.
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