by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Soccer at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, a fall sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. UT Rio Grande Valley plays at the level of NCAA Division I without football as a member of Southland Conference.
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The UT Rio Grande Valley men’s soccer team fields 28 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 76. Academic data covers 81 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The UT Rio Grande Valley women’s soccer team carries 29 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 90. The NCAA tracked 100 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, UT Rio Grande Valley carries 57 soccer athletes — 28 on the men’s side and 29 on the women’s.
Of the 12 varsity sports UT Rio Grande Valley reports, soccer sits at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s soccer program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 2 are full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Bryheem Hancock.
The women’s soccer program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 3 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Mark Foster.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 3.
Among the school’s 12 sports, soccer ranks #3 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UT Rio Grande Valley men’s soccer program generated $773,548 in revenue against $773,548 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $8,887 in operating expense per athlete, or $248,841 per team.
The UT Rio Grande Valley women’s soccer program reported $819,532 in revenue against $819,532 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $5,988 in operating expense per athlete, or $173,651 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $773,548 to the women’s $819,532 in revenue.
Against the school’s 12 sports, soccer ranks #2 by revenue, or about 7% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s soccer team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 977 (960 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 87%. Year over year, it held onto 96% of its athletes, with 96% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s soccer team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 985 (988 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 86%. Year over year, it held onto 98% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 977 and the women 985, with graduation success rates of 87% and 86% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 983, soccer sits below average at 981.
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