by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Soccer at Drake University, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Drake plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Missouri Valley Conference.
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The Drake men’s soccer team carries 30 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 101. The most recent cohort included 110 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Drake women’s soccer team carries 31 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 91. Academic data covers 112 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, Drake carries 61 soccer athletes — 30 on the men’s side and 31 on the women’s.
Of the 11 varsity sports Drake sponsors, soccer sits at #3 by total roster size.
The men’s soccer program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 2 are full-time and 2 part-time. At the helm is Pat Flinn.
The women’s soccer program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 2 are full-time and 2 part-time. At the helm is Lindsey Horner.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 4.
Across the school’s 11 sports, soccer sits #3 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Drake men’s soccer program brought in $748,947 in revenue against $748,947 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $3,786 in operating expense per athlete, or $113,570 per team.
The Drake women’s soccer program reported $972,882 in revenue against $972,882 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $4,577 in operating expense per athlete, or $141,900 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team generated $748,947 to the women’s $972,882 in revenue.
Among the school’s 11 sports, soccer ranks #2 by revenue, accounting for 8% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s soccer team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 972 (967 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 88%. It retained 96% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s soccer team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 995 (997 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 99% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 972 and the women 995, with graduation success rates of 88% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 988, soccer sits below average at 984.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.