by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Soccer at Union University, a fall sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Union competes in NCAA Division II without football as a member of Gulf South Conference.
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The Union men’s soccer team carries 26 athletes.
The Union women’s soccer team lists 32 players.
Across both rosters, Union fields 58 soccer athletes — 26 on the men’s side and 32 on the women’s.
Among the 7 varsity sports Union sponsors, soccer ranks #1 by total roster size.
The men’s soccer program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 2 are full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Steven Cox.
The women’s soccer program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 2 work full-time and 2 part-time. At the helm is Josh Alford.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 4.
Across the school’s 7 sports, soccer sits #2 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Union men’s soccer program brought in $673,540 in revenue against $672,541 in expenses, netting $999. This comes to about $2,249 in operating expense per athlete, or $58,464 per team.
The Union women’s soccer program generated $641,706 in revenue against $634,465 in expenses, netting $7,241. That works out to about $1,726 in operating expense per athlete, or $55,225 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $673,540 to the women’s $641,706 in revenue.
Among the school’s 7 sports, soccer ranks #2 by revenue, accounting for 18% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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