by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Soccer at Ohio Dominican University, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. ODU plays at the level of NCAA Division II with football as a member of Great Midwest Athletic Conference.
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The ODU men’s soccer team carries 32 athletes.
The ODU women’s soccer team carries 34 athletes.
Between the two teams, ODU fields 66 soccer athletes — 32 on the men’s side and 34 on the women’s.
Among the 10 varsity sports ODU sponsors, soccer comes in at #3 by total roster size.
The men’s soccer program employs 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 1 are full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Willy Merrick.
The women’s soccer program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 1 work full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Tony Daniels.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
Across the school’s 10 sports, soccer ranks #4 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The ODU men’s soccer program brought in $235,568 in revenue against $221,136 in expenses, for a surplus of $14,432. Per athlete, that is about $1,300 in operating expense per athlete, or $41,602 per team.
The ODU women’s soccer program reported $244,550 in revenue against $251,427 in expenses, running a deficit of $6,877. This comes to about $1,349 in operating expense per athlete, or $45,871 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $235,568 to the women’s $244,550 in revenue.
Among the school’s 10 sports, soccer sits #3 by revenue, or about 9% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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