by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Soccer at Eastern Illinois University, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. EIU is classified as NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Ohio Valley Conference.
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The EIU men’s soccer team carries 32 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 63. Academic data covers 34 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The EIU women’s soccer team carries 25 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 113. The most recent cohort included 97 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, EIU fields 57 soccer athletes — 32 on the men’s side and 25 on the women’s.
Among the 13 varsity sports EIU reports, soccer comes in at #3 by total roster size.
The men’s soccer program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 1 work full-time and 2 part-time. At the helm is Ruy Vaz.
The women’s soccer program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 2 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Dirk Bennett.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 2.
Among the school’s 13 sports, soccer sits #6 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The EIU men’s soccer program brought in $330,501 in revenue against $330,501 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $2,908 in operating expense per athlete, or $93,064 per team.
The EIU women’s soccer program reported $556,306 in revenue against $556,306 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $3,935 in operating expense per athlete, or $98,366 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $330,501 to the women’s $556,306 in revenue.
Among the school’s 13 sports, soccer ranks #5 by revenue, accounting for 4% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s soccer team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 973 (987 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 86%. It retained 98% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s soccer team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 992 (993 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 96%. The program kept 98% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 973 and the women 992, with graduation success rates of 86% and 96% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 986, soccer sits below average at 982.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.