by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Soccer at Florida International University, a fall sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. FIU plays at the level of Independent as a member of Conference USA.
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The FIU men’s soccer team carries 26 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 94. The NCAA tracked 93 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The FIU women’s soccer team fields 30 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 105. Academic data covers 112 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, FIU carries 56 soccer athletes — 26 on the men’s side and 30 on the women’s.
Of the 14 varsity sports FIU sponsors, soccer comes in at #3 by total roster size.
The men’s soccer program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 3 are full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Kyle Russell.
The women’s soccer program carries 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Of those, 3 work full-time and 3 part-time. At the helm is Mat Dunn.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 6.
Among the school’s 14 sports, soccer ranks #3 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The FIU men’s soccer program reported $1,171,440 in revenue against $1,171,440 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $9,261 in operating expense per athlete, or $240,791 per team.
The FIU women’s soccer program generated $1,021,850 in revenue against $1,021,850 in expenses, essentially breaking even. Per athlete, that is about $5,946 in operating expense per athlete, or $178,386 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $1,171,440 to the women’s $1,021,850 in revenue.
Among the school’s 14 sports, soccer sits #3 by revenue, or about 5% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s soccer team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 989 (1000 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 95%. Year over year, it held onto 99% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s soccer team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 995 (974 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 89%. The program kept 96% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 989 and the women 995, with graduation success rates of 95% and 89% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 985, soccer grades out ahead at 992.
When FIU places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. College Factual’s sports rankings weigh both athletics and academics.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.