by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Soccer at Saint Louis University, a fall sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. SLU plays at the level of NCAA Division I without football as a member of Atlantic 10 Conference.
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The SLU men’s soccer team lists 36 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 62. The NCAA tracked 113 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The SLU women’s soccer team carries 31 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 94. Academic data covers 105 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, SLU fields 67 soccer athletes — 36 on the men’s side and 31 on the women’s.
Of the 12 varsity sports SLU sponsors, soccer comes in at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s soccer program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 3 are full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Kevin Kalish.
The women’s soccer program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 3 work full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Katherine Shields.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 4.
Among the school’s 12 sports, soccer sits #2 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The SLU men’s soccer program generated $1,664,876 in revenue against $1,664,876 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $6,551 in operating expense per athlete, or $235,834 per team.
The SLU women’s soccer program generated $2,080,747 in revenue against $2,080,747 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $9,618 in operating expense per athlete, or $298,152 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team brought in $1,664,876 to the women’s $2,080,747 in revenue.
Against the school’s 12 sports, soccer ranks #2 by revenue, accounting for 13% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s soccer team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 987 (980 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 88%. The program kept 98% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s soccer team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 992 (994 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 95%. The program kept 99% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 987 and the women 992, with graduation success rates of 88% and 95% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 985, soccer comes in above the pack at 990.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.