by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Soccer at Grand Canyon University, a fall sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Grand Canyon University competes in NCAA Division I without football as a member of Mountain West Conference.
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The Grand Canyon University men’s soccer team carries 36 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 80. The NCAA tracked 114 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Grand Canyon University women’s soccer team carries 33 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 111. Academic data covers 115 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, Grand Canyon University fields 69 soccer athletes — 36 on the men’s side and 33 on the women’s.
Of the 13 varsity sports Grand Canyon University sponsors, soccer sits at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s soccer program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 3 work full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is George Kiefer.
The women’s soccer program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 3 work full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Chris Cissell.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 4.
Among the school’s 13 sports, soccer ranks #4 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Grand Canyon University men’s soccer program reported $1,441,387 in revenue against $1,441,387 in expenses, breaking even on the year. Per athlete, that is about $10,872 in operating expense per athlete, or $391,390 per team.
The Grand Canyon University women’s soccer program brought in $1,206,831 in revenue against $1,206,831 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $11,157 in operating expense per athlete, or $368,189 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $1,441,387 to the women’s $1,206,831 in revenue.
Against the school’s 13 sports, soccer sits #2 by revenue, or about 8% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s soccer team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 967 (986 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 98% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s soccer team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 980 (998 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 967 and the women 980, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 981, soccer trails the average at 974.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.