Here we dig into Baseball at California State University-Long Beach, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. CSULB is classified as NCAA Division I without football as a member of Big West Conference.
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The CSULB men’s baseball team carries 40 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 105. The NCAA tracked 111 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 12 varsity sports CSULB sponsors, baseball sits at #4 by total roster size.
The men’s baseball program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 3 work full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is TJ Bruce.
Among the school’s 12 sports, baseball ranks #5 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The CSULB men’s baseball program generated $1,999,383 in revenue against $1,999,383 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $11,554 in operating expense per athlete, or $462,163 per team.
Against the school’s 12 sports, baseball sits #3 by revenue, accounting for 7% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s baseball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 945 (962 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 85%. The program kept 93% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 980, baseball trails the average at 945.
When CSULB 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.
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