by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Soccer at Rider University, a fall sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Rider plays at the level of NCAA Division I without football as a member of Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
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The Rider men’s soccer team carries 33 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 70. The most recent cohort included 74 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Rider women’s soccer team lists 25 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 66. The most recent cohort included 81 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, Rider fields 58 soccer athletes — 33 on the men’s side and 25 on the women’s.
Among the 15 varsity sports Rider reports, soccer sits at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s soccer program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 1 are full-time and 2 part-time. The head coach is Chad Duernberger.
The women’s soccer program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 1 work full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Drayson Hounsome.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 2.
Across the school’s 15 sports, soccer sits #4 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Rider men’s soccer program reported $587,486 in revenue against $587,486 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $1,898 in operating expense per athlete, or $62,619 per team.
The Rider women’s soccer program brought in $664,534 in revenue against $664,534 in expenses, essentially breaking even. Per athlete, that is about $1,790 in operating expense per athlete, or $44,757 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $587,486 to the women’s $664,534 in revenue.
Among the school’s 15 sports, soccer sits #3 by revenue, or about 7% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s soccer team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 975 (985 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 91%. The program kept 99% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s soccer team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 982 (984 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 97% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 975 and the women 982, with graduation success rates of 91% and 100% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 979, soccer trails the average at 978.
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