by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Soccer at Roanoke College, a fall sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Roanoke competes in NCAA Division III without football as a member of Old Dominion Athletic Conf..
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The Roanoke men’s soccer team fields 32 athletes.
The Roanoke women’s soccer team lists 27 student athletes.
Across both rosters, Roanoke fields 59 soccer athletes — 32 on the men’s side and 27 on the women’s.
Among the 16 varsity sports Roanoke reports, soccer comes in at #4 by total roster size.
The men’s soccer program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 1 are full-time and 2 part-time. Leading the program is Ryan Pflugrad.
The women’s soccer program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 1 are full-time and 2 part-time. The head coach is Phil Benne.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 3.
Among the school’s 16 sports, soccer ranks #5 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Roanoke men’s soccer program brought in $189,485 in revenue against $189,485 in expenses, breaking even on the year. Per athlete, that is about $1,504 in operating expense per athlete, or $48,122 per team.
The Roanoke women’s soccer program brought in $175,646 in revenue against $175,646 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $2,663 in operating expense per athlete, or $71,908 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $189,485 to the women’s $175,646 in revenue.
Against the school’s 16 sports, soccer sits #3 by revenue, or about 10% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
When Roanoke earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, we note it here. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.