On this page we break down Rowing at Santa Clara University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. SCU is classified as NCAA Division I without football as a member of West Coast Conference.
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The SCU men’s rowing team lists 40 players.
The SCU women’s rowing team fields 27 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 14. The NCAA tracked 9 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, SCU fields 67 rowing athletes — 40 on the men’s side and 27 on the women’s.
Of the 14 varsity sports SCU reports, rowing comes in at #1 by total roster size.
The men’s rowing program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 1 work full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Jay Farwell.
The women’s rowing program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 1 are full-time and 2 part-time. At the helm is Jay Farwell.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 3.
Among the school’s 14 sports, rowing ranks #4 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The SCU men’s rowing program brought in $573,644 in revenue against $573,644 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $3,474 in operating expense per athlete, or $138,944 per team.
The SCU women’s rowing program reported $145,251 in revenue against $145,251 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $1,935 in operating expense per athlete, or $52,252 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $573,644 to the women’s $145,251 in revenue.
Against the school’s 14 sports, rowing sits #10 by revenue, or about 2% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s rowing team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (997 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 96% of its athletes, with 96% remaining academically eligible.
Against the school’s average team APR of 992, rowing grades out ahead at 1000.
If SCU earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.