by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Baseball at Mississippi State University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Mississippi State is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Southeastern Conference.
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The Mississippi State men’s baseball team lists 41 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 115. The NCAA tracked 117 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 11 varsity sports Mississippi State reports, baseball sits at #4 by total roster size.
The men’s baseball program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Brian O'Connor.
Across the school’s 11 sports, baseball sits #6 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Mississippi State men’s baseball program generated $7,586,165 in revenue against $7,586,165 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $33,599 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,377,558 per team.
Against the school’s 11 sports, baseball ranks #3 by revenue, or about 5% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s baseball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 987 (969 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 92%. It retained 94% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 989, baseball sits below average at 987.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.