This page takes a deep look at Swimming at Colorado School of Mines, a winter sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Mines is classified as NCAA Division II with football as a member of Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.
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The Mines men’s swimming team fields 23 players.
The Mines women’s swimming team carries 19 athletes.
Across both rosters, Mines fields 42 swimming athletes — 23 on the men’s side and 19 on the women’s.
Of the 13 varsity sports Mines reports, swimming comes in at #7 by total roster size.
The men’s swimming program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 0 work full-time and 3 part-time. Leading the program is Claire McDaniel.
The women’s swimming program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 0 are full-time and 3 part-time. At the helm is Claire McDaniel.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 3.
Among the school’s 13 sports, swimming sits #6 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Mines men’s swimming program reported $242,366 in revenue against $242,366 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $2,845 in operating expense per athlete, or $65,428 per team.
The Mines women’s swimming program reported $221,276 in revenue against $221,276 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $2,845 in operating expense per athlete, or $54,050 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $242,366 to the women’s $221,276 in revenue.
Among the school’s 13 sports, swimming sits #10 by revenue, or about 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
If Mines 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.