by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Soccer at Pacific Lutheran University, a fall sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. PLU is classified as NCAA Division III with football as a member of Northwest Conference.
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The PLU men’s soccer team lists 37 student athletes.
The PLU women’s soccer team fields 37 athletes.
Across both rosters, PLU fields 74 soccer athletes — 37 on the men’s side and 37 on the women’s.
Among the 13 varsity sports PLU reports, soccer ranks #2 by total roster size.
The men’s soccer program is staffed by 7 coaches — 1 head coach and 6 assistants. In all, 0 work full-time and 7 part-time. The head coach is John Yorke.
The women’s soccer program is staffed by 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. In all, 0 are full-time and 5 part-time. At the helm is Seth Spidahl.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 7 coaches to the women’s 5.
Across the school’s 13 sports, soccer sits #2 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The PLU men’s soccer program reported $222,682 in revenue against $209,798 in expenses, a net profit of $12,884. That works out to about $2,901 in operating expense per athlete, or $107,350 per team.
The PLU women’s soccer program reported $258,307 in revenue against $228,150 in expenses, for a surplus of $30,157. Per athlete, that is about $3,010 in operating expense per athlete, or $111,363 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $222,682 to the women’s $258,307 in revenue.
Against the school’s 13 sports, soccer ranks #3 by revenue, or about 8% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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