by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Baseball at Texas Christian University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. TCU competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big 12 Conference.
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The TCU men’s baseball team fields 41 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 115. The NCAA tracked 103 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 16 varsity sports TCU sponsors, baseball sits at #5 by total roster size.
The men’s baseball program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Kirk Saarloos.
Across the school’s 16 sports, baseball sits #7 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The TCU men’s baseball program brought in $8,153,084 in revenue against $8,153,084 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $53,299 in operating expense per athlete, or $2,185,264 per team.
Among the school’s 16 sports, baseball sits #3 by revenue, accounting for 5% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s baseball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 984 (954 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 66%. It retained 91% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Against the school’s average team APR of 981, baseball comes in above the pack at 984.
When TCU earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, we note it here. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.