On this page we break down Volleyball at Harvard University — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Harvard competes in NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of The Ivy League.
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The Harvard men’s volleyball team lists 15 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 32. Academic data covers 42 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Harvard women’s volleyball team lists 17 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 56. The most recent cohort included 65 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, Harvard fields 32 volleyball athletes — 15 on the men’s side and 17 on the women’s.
Of the 24 varsity sports Harvard sponsors, volleyball comes in at #12 by total roster size.
The men’s volleyball program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 1 are full-time and 2 part-time. At the helm is Brian Baise.
The women’s volleyball program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 2 work full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Jennifer Weiss.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 3.
Among the school’s 24 sports, volleyball sits #13 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Harvard men’s volleyball program brought in $433,659 in revenue against $433,659 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $9,077 in operating expense per athlete, or $136,154 per team.
The Harvard women’s volleyball program reported $505,991 in revenue against $505,991 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $8,529 in operating expense per athlete, or $144,989 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $433,659 to the women’s $505,991 in revenue.
Against the school’s 24 sports, volleyball ranks #10 by revenue, or about 2% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s volleyball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 988 (1000 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s volleyball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 99% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 988 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 994, volleyball matches the average at 994.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.