by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Baseball at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, a spring sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. SIUC competes in NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Missouri Valley Conference.
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The SIUC men’s baseball team fields 34 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 111. The most recent cohort included 114 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 12 varsity sports SIUC reports, baseball comes in at #4 by total roster size.
The men’s baseball program carries 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Of those, 5 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Lance Rhodes.
Among the school’s 12 sports, baseball ranks #5 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The SIUC men’s baseball program generated $1,166,396 in revenue against $1,166,396 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $9,937 in operating expense per athlete, or $337,850 per team.
Against the school’s 12 sports, baseball sits #5 by revenue, or about 4% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s baseball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 959 (991 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 91%. It retained 98% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Against the school’s average team APR of 979, baseball trails the average at 959.
If SIUC places on one of our 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.