by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Volleyball at Merrimack College — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Merrimack plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
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The Merrimack men’s volleyball team lists 20 players. The NCAA tracked 27 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Merrimack women’s volleyball team carries 15 student athletes. The most recent cohort included 37 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, Merrimack carries 35 volleyball athletes — 20 on the men’s side and 15 on the women’s.
Of the 19 varsity sports Merrimack sponsors, volleyball sits at #11 by total roster size.
The men’s volleyball program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 0 work full-time and 2 part-time. The head coach is Hayden West-Mather.
The women’s volleyball program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 1 are full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Ken Nichols.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
Among the school’s 19 sports, volleyball ranks #9 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Merrimack men’s volleyball program generated $467,025 in revenue against $467,025 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $4,358 in operating expense per athlete, or $87,165 per team.
The Merrimack women’s volleyball program reported $412,820 in revenue against $412,820 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $5,338 in operating expense per athlete, or $80,069 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $467,025 to the women’s $412,820 in revenue.
Among the school’s 19 sports, volleyball sits #9 by revenue, or about 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s volleyball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 948.
The women’s volleyball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 993 and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 948 and the women 993.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 985, volleyball sits below average at 970.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.