On this page we break down Baseball at California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo competes in NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Big West Conference.
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The Cal Poly San Luis Obispo men’s baseball team fields 39 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 104. The NCAA tracked 103 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 14 varsity sports Cal Poly San Luis Obispo sponsors, baseball sits at #7 by total roster size.
The men’s baseball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 3 work full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Larry Lee.
Among the school’s 14 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 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo men’s baseball program brought in $1,914,252 in revenue against $1,914,252 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $12,270 in operating expense per athlete, or $478,545 per team.
Against the school’s 14 sports, baseball sits #6 by revenue, accounting for 4% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s baseball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 994 (979 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 82%. Year over year, it held onto 97% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 983, baseball sits above average at 994.
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