by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Wrestling at King University, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. King plays at the level of NCAA Division II without football as a member of Conference Carolinas.
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The King men’s wrestling team fields 36 players.
The King women’s wrestling team fields 23 players.
Combined, King fields 59 wrestling athletes — 36 on the men’s side and 23 on the women’s.
Of the 16 varsity sports King reports, wrestling ranks #4 by total roster size.
The men’s wrestling program is staffed by 1 coach — 1 head coach. Staffing-wise, 1 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Blaze Shade.
The women’s wrestling program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 2 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Bret Fry.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 1 coach to the women’s 2.
Across the school’s 16 sports, wrestling sits #8 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The King men’s wrestling program reported $462,927 in revenue against $502,614 in expenses, coming up short by $39,687. This comes to about $924 in operating expense per athlete, or $33,264 per team.
The King women’s wrestling program brought in $399,605 in revenue against $324,628 in expenses, netting $74,977. That works out to about $2,371 in operating expense per athlete, or $54,533 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team generated $462,927 to the women’s $399,605 in revenue.
Against the school’s 16 sports, wrestling ranks #2 by revenue, or about 12% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.