On this page we break down Soccer at Santa Clara University, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. SCU plays at the level of NCAA Division I without football as a member of West Coast Conference.
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The SCU men’s soccer team carries 29 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 70. The NCAA tracked 70 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The SCU women’s soccer team carries 35 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 91. Academic data covers 80 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, SCU fields 64 soccer athletes — 29 on the men’s side and 35 on the women’s.
Among the 14 varsity sports SCU sponsors, soccer comes in at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s soccer program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 3 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Cameron Rast.
The women’s soccer program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 3 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Jerry Smith.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 3.
Across the school’s 14 sports, soccer sits #2 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The SCU men’s soccer program brought in $1,771,438 in revenue against $1,771,438 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $7,696 in operating expense per athlete, or $223,196 per team.
The SCU women’s soccer program generated $2,922,370 in revenue against $2,922,370 in expenses, essentially breaking even. Per athlete, that is about $12,833 in operating expense per athlete, or $449,169 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team brought in $1,771,438 to the women’s $2,922,370 in revenue.
Among the school’s 14 sports, soccer sits #2 by revenue, accounting for 11% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s soccer team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 990 and a Graduation Success Rate of 94%. It retained 98% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s soccer team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 992 (997 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 94%. Year over year, it held onto 99% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 990 and the women 992, with graduation success rates of 94% and 94% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 992, soccer is on par with the average at 991.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.