by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Swimming at Florida State University, a winter sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Florida State is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Atlantic Coast Conference.
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The Florida State men’s swimming team lists 32 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 113. The most recent cohort included 85 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Florida State women’s swimming team carries 47 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 124. The most recent cohort included 121 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, Florida State fields 79 swimming athletes — 32 on the men’s side and 47 on the women’s.
Of the 14 varsity sports Florida State sponsors, swimming ranks #3 by total roster size.
The men’s swimming program employs 1 coach — 1 head coach. Of those, 0 work full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Neal Studd.
The women’s swimming program is staffed by 1 coach — 1 head coach. Staffing-wise, 0 work full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Neal Studd.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 1 coach to the women’s 1.
Among the school’s 14 sports, swimming ranks #10 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Florida State men’s swimming program brought in $1,269,549 in revenue against $1,269,549 in expenses, essentially breaking even. Per athlete, that is about $10,127 in operating expense per athlete, or $324,060 per team.
The Florida State women’s swimming program generated $1,472,396 in revenue against $1,472,396 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $6,861 in operating expense per athlete, or $322,478 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $1,269,549 to the women’s $1,472,396 in revenue.
Against the school’s 14 sports, swimming ranks #8 by revenue, or about 1% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s swimming team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 997 (990 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 84%. It retained 98% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s swimming team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 996 (990 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 98% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 997 and the women 996, with graduation success rates of 84% and 100% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 991, swimming sits above average at 996.
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