Here we dig into Wrestling at Citadel Military College of South Carolina, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. The Citadel is classified as NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Southern Conference.
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The The Citadel men’s wrestling team lists 39 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 48. Academic data covers 59 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 12 varsity sports The Citadel reports, wrestling sits at #3 by total roster size.
The men’s wrestling program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 2 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Luke Welch (Interim).
Across the school’s 12 sports, wrestling sits #5 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The The Citadel men’s wrestling program generated $1,230,411 in revenue against $846,698 in expenses, for a surplus of $383,713. This comes to about $4,118 in operating expense per athlete, or $160,601 per team.
Against the school’s 12 sports, wrestling ranks #5 by revenue, accounting for 5% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s wrestling team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (973 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 73%. The program kept 97% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 986, wrestling grades out ahead at 1000.
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