On this page we break down Wrestling at Mercyhurst University, a winter sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Mercyhurst is classified as NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Northeast Conference.
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The Mercyhurst men’s wrestling team fields 22 athletes. The most recent cohort included 10 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 19 varsity sports Mercyhurst reports, wrestling comes in at #10 by total roster size.
The men’s wrestling program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 1 work full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is James Overhiser.
Across the school’s 19 sports, wrestling sits #15 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Mercyhurst men’s wrestling program brought in $240,312 in revenue against $240,312 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $502 in operating expense per athlete, or $11,036 per team.
Among the school’s 19 sports, wrestling ranks #15 by revenue, or about 1% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s wrestling team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%.
Against the school’s average team APR of 978, wrestling comes in above the pack at 1000.
If Mercyhurst earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, we note it here. College Factual’s sports rankings weigh both athletics and academics.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.