This page takes a deep look at Baseball at Charleston Southern University, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. CSU competes in NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Big South Conference.
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The CSU men’s baseball team fields 40 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 112. The most recent cohort included 114 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 11 varsity sports CSU sponsors, baseball ranks #3 by total roster size.
The men’s baseball program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 3 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Karl Kuhn.
Among the school’s 11 sports, baseball ranks #4 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The CSU men’s baseball program reported $1,089,044 in revenue against $1,089,044 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $7,491 in operating expense per athlete, or $299,631 per team.
Against the school’s 11 sports, baseball sits #4 by revenue, or about 7% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s baseball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 982 (968 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 80%. It retained 95% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 982, baseball sits above average at 982.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.