This page takes a deep look at Outdoor Track & Field at Covenant College, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Covenant competes in NCAA Division III without football as a member of Collegiate Conference of the South.
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The Covenant men’s outdoor track & field team fields 14 athletes.
The Covenant women’s outdoor track & field team carries 14 players.
Between the two teams, Covenant carries 28 outdoor track & field athletes — 14 on the men’s side and 14 on the women’s.
Of the 10 varsity sports Covenant reports, outdoor track & field ranks #4 by total roster size.
The men’s outdoor track & field program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 0 are full-time and 3 part-time.
The women’s outdoor track & field program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 0 work full-time and 3 part-time.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 3.
Across the school’s 10 sports, outdoor track & field sits #1 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Covenant men’s outdoor track & field program reported $43,583 in revenue against $42,708 in expenses, netting $875. That works out to about $1,590 in operating expense per athlete, or $22,253 per team.
The Covenant women’s outdoor track & field program generated $43,583 in revenue against $42,708 in expenses, for a surplus of $875. This comes to about $1,590 in operating expense per athlete, or $22,253 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $43,583 to the women’s $43,583 in revenue.
Among the school’s 10 sports, outdoor track & field ranks #7 by revenue, accounting for 4% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
When Covenant places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. Our sports rankings reward schools that excel on the field and in the classroom.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.