by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Beach Volleyball at Florida Gulf Coast University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. FGCU competes in NCAA Division I without football as a member of Atlantic Sun Conference.
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The FGCU women’s beach volleyball team lists 16 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 16. The most recent cohort included 46 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 12 varsity sports FGCU reports, beach volleyball sits at #8 by total roster size.
The women’s beach volleyball program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 0 are full-time and 3 part-time. The head coach is Chris Sweat.
Across the school’s 12 sports, beach volleyball sits #8 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The FGCU women’s beach volleyball program brought in $350,408 in revenue against $350,408 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $5,566 in operating expense per athlete, or $89,048 per team.
Against the school’s 12 sports, beach volleyball ranks #10 by revenue, accounting for 2% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s beach volleyball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (996 on a multi-year basis). It retained 96% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 990, beach volleyball sits above average at 1000.
When FGCU earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, you’ll see it called out. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.