by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Cross Country at Elon University, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Elon competes in NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Coastal Athletic Association.
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The Elon men’s cross country team lists 16 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 29. The most recent cohort included 31 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 12 varsity sports Elon sponsors, cross country sits at #10 by total roster size.
The men’s cross country program employs 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 0 are full-time and 2 part-time. The head coach is Mark Rinker.
Among the school’s 12 sports, cross country ranks #11 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Elon men’s cross country program brought in $272,066 in revenue against $272,066 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $2,020 in operating expense per athlete, or $32,314 per team.
Against the school’s 12 sports, cross country sits #11 by revenue, or about 1% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s cross country team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000. The program kept 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 994, cross country is on par with the average at 994.
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