by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Rowing at Cornell University, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Cornell is classified as NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of The Ivy League.
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The Cornell men’s rowing team carries 97 players.
The Cornell women’s rowing team lists 50 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 126. The NCAA tracked 152 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, Cornell carries 147 rowing athletes — 97 on the men’s side and 50 on the women’s.
Of the 24 varsity sports Cornell reports, rowing comes in at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s rowing program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 2 are full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Todd Kennett.
The women’s rowing program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 2 work full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Steve Coppola.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 3.
Among the school’s 24 sports, rowing sits #8 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Cornell men’s rowing program reported $1,162,583 in revenue against $958,693 in expenses, a net profit of $203,890. Per athlete, that is about $1,690 in operating expense per athlete, or $163,912 per team.
The Cornell women’s rowing program reported $1,124,746 in revenue against $843,937 in expenses, for a surplus of $280,809. That works out to about $4,273 in operating expense per athlete, or $213,657 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team generated $1,162,583 to the women’s $1,124,746 in revenue.
Against the school’s 24 sports, rowing sits #5 by revenue, accounting for 5% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s rowing team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 992 (988 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 97%. Year over year, it held onto 99% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 991, rowing grades out ahead at 992.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.