This page takes a deep look at Soccer at Gonzaga University, a fall sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Gonzaga plays at the level of NCAA Division I without football as a member of West Coast Conference.
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The Gonzaga men’s soccer team carries 31 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 84. The NCAA tracked 88 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Gonzaga women’s soccer team lists 36 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 105. The most recent cohort included 119 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, Gonzaga carries 67 soccer athletes — 31 on the men’s side and 36 on the women’s.
Among the 10 varsity sports Gonzaga reports, soccer ranks #3 by total roster size.
The men’s soccer program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 3 are full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Chris McGaughey (Interim).
The women’s soccer program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Katie Benz.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 4.
Across the school’s 10 sports, soccer ranks #3 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Gonzaga men’s soccer program brought in $1,625,864 in revenue against $1,710,680 in expenses, coming up short by $84,816. That works out to about $6,537 in operating expense per athlete, or $202,648 per team.
The Gonzaga women’s soccer program brought in $1,929,509 in revenue against $2,032,285 in expenses, coming up short by $102,776. That works out to about $7,833 in operating expense per athlete, or $281,985 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team generated $1,625,864 to the women’s $1,929,509 in revenue.
Against the school’s 10 sports, soccer sits #2 by revenue, accounting for 7% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s soccer team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 984 (1000 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 95%. It retained 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s soccer team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 993 (995 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 984 and the women 993, with graduation success rates of 95% and 100% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 990, soccer trails the average at 988.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.