Here we dig into Soccer at Ohio Wesleyan University, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. OWU plays at the level of NCAA Division III with football as a member of North Coast Athletic Conference.
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The OWU men’s soccer team carries 34 players.
The OWU women’s soccer team fields 31 athletes.
Across both rosters, OWU carries 65 soccer athletes — 34 on the men’s side and 31 on the women’s.
Of the 16 varsity sports OWU reports, soccer comes in at #4 by total roster size.
The men’s soccer program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 0 work full-time and 3 part-time. Leading the program is Matt Weiss.
The women’s soccer program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 0 are full-time and 4 part-time. At the helm is Patrick Ferguson.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 4.
Among the school’s 16 sports, soccer ranks #3 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The OWU men’s soccer program brought in $201,635 in revenue against $201,635 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $1,508 in operating expense per athlete, or $51,281 per team.
The OWU women’s soccer program reported $182,580 in revenue against $182,580 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $1,498 in operating expense per athlete, or $46,432 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team generated $201,635 to the women’s $182,580 in revenue.
Among the school’s 16 sports, soccer sits #4 by revenue, accounting for 9% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.