by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Baseball at Samford University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Samford plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Southern Conference.
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The Samford men’s baseball team lists 39 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 108. The most recent cohort included 119 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 11 varsity sports Samford reports, baseball sits at #3 by total roster size.
The men’s baseball program employs 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Of those, 3 are full-time and 2 part-time. Leading the program is Tony David.
Across the school’s 11 sports, baseball ranks #4 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Samford men’s baseball program generated $1,550,524 in revenue against $1,385,563 in expenses, for a surplus of $164,961. That works out to about $7,071 in operating expense per athlete, or $275,753 per team.
Against the school’s 11 sports, baseball sits #4 by revenue, accounting for 6% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s baseball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 989 (990 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 98% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 988, baseball sits above average at 989.
If Samford earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, you’ll see it called out. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.