by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Wrestling at California State University-Bakersfield, a winter sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. CSUB plays at the level of NCAA Division I without football as a member of Big West Conference.
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The CSUB men’s wrestling team fields 27 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 76. The NCAA tracked 84 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 14 varsity sports CSUB reports, wrestling sits at #7 by total roster size.
The men’s wrestling program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 1 are full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Luke Smith.
Among the school’s 14 sports, wrestling sits #9 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The CSUB men’s wrestling program brought in $574,699 in revenue against $574,699 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $4,574 in operating expense per athlete, or $123,495 per team.
Against the school’s 14 sports, wrestling ranks #7 by revenue, accounting for 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s wrestling team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 966 (983 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 89%. The program kept 97% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 980, wrestling sits below average at 966.
If CSUB places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.