by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Rowing at Fairfield University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Fairfield U competes in NCAA Division I without football as a member of Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
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The Fairfield U men’s rowing team fields 42 student athletes.
The Fairfield U women’s rowing team lists 48 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 32. The most recent cohort included 94 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, Fairfield U fields 90 rowing athletes — 42 on the men’s side and 48 on the women’s.
Among the 14 varsity sports Fairfield U reports, rowing sits at #1 by total roster size.
The men’s rowing program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 0 are full-time and 3 part-time. The head coach is David Patterson.
The women’s rowing program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 0 work full-time and 2 part-time. At the helm is David Patterson.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 2.
Among the school’s 14 sports, rowing sits #7 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Fairfield U men’s rowing program brought in $189,897 in revenue against $189,897 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $1,799 in operating expense per athlete, or $75,557 per team.
The Fairfield U women’s rowing program brought in $319,538 in revenue against $319,538 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $2,835 in operating expense per athlete, or $136,062 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $189,897 to the women’s $319,538 in revenue.
Against the school’s 14 sports, rowing ranks #11 by revenue, or about 2% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s rowing team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 989 (984 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 98% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Against the school’s average team APR of 993, rowing trails the average at 989.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.