by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Wrestling at Sacred Heart University, a winter sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Sacred Heart plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
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The Sacred Heart men’s wrestling team lists 58 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 21. Academic data covers 31 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Sacred Heart women’s wrestling team lists 30 athletes.
Across both rosters, Sacred Heart fields 88 wrestling athletes — 58 on the men’s side and 30 on the women’s.
Of the 22 varsity sports Sacred Heart sponsors, wrestling sits at #4 by total roster size.
The men’s wrestling program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 2 work full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is John Clark.
The women’s wrestling program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 2 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Paulina Biega.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 2.
Among the school’s 22 sports, wrestling sits #11 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Sacred Heart men’s wrestling program reported $549,653 in revenue against $549,653 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $3,210 in operating expense per athlete, or $186,206 per team.
The Sacred Heart women’s wrestling program generated $460,293 in revenue against $460,293 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $4,790 in operating expense per athlete, or $143,708 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $549,653 to the women’s $460,293 in revenue.
Among the school’s 22 sports, wrestling sits #9 by revenue, accounting for 2% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s wrestling team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 982 (993 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 83%. Year over year, it held onto 98% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 986, wrestling sits below average at 982.
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