Here we dig into Rowing at Gonzaga University, a spring sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Gonzaga competes in NCAA Division I without football as a member of West Coast Conference.
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The Gonzaga men’s rowing team carries 42 athletes.
The Gonzaga women’s rowing team fields 66 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 135. The most recent cohort included 130 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, Gonzaga carries 108 rowing athletes — 42 on the men’s side and 66 on the women’s.
Of the 10 varsity sports Gonzaga sponsors, rowing ranks #2 by total roster size.
The men’s rowing program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 2 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Dan Gehn.
The women’s rowing program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Mark Voorhees.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 4.
Among the school’s 10 sports, rowing ranks #4 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Gonzaga men’s rowing program generated $709,124 in revenue against $668,999 in expenses, netting $40,125. That works out to about $4,575 in operating expense per athlete, or $192,129 per team.
The Gonzaga women’s rowing program brought in $1,574,539 in revenue against $1,541,043 in expenses, a net profit of $33,496. Per athlete, that is about $3,210 in operating expense per athlete, or $211,845 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $709,124 to the women’s $1,574,539 in revenue.
Among the school’s 10 sports, rowing sits #4 by revenue, accounting for 5% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s rowing team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 990 (992 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 91%. It retained 99% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 990, rowing grades out ahead at 990.
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