by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Rowing at Stanford University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Stanford is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Atlantic Coast Conference.
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The Stanford men’s rowing team fields 30 student athletes.
The Stanford women’s rowing team carries 45 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 158. The NCAA tracked 172 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, Stanford carries 75 rowing athletes — 30 on the men’s side and 45 on the women’s.
Among the 26 varsity sports Stanford sponsors, rowing comes in at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s rowing program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 3 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Ted Sobolewski.
The women’s rowing program carries 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Of those, 4 are full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Derek Byrnes.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 5.
Across the school’s 26 sports, rowing sits #5 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Stanford men’s rowing program brought in $1,610,966 in revenue against $1,610,966 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $10,048 in operating expense per athlete, or $301,431 per team.
The Stanford women’s rowing program reported $3,821,925 in revenue against $3,821,925 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $12,005 in operating expense per athlete, or $540,215 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team generated $1,610,966 to the women’s $3,821,925 in revenue.
Among the school’s 26 sports, rowing sits #4 by revenue, accounting for 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s rowing team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 997 (995 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 97%. Year over year, it held onto 100% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 990, rowing grades out ahead at 997.
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