by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Rowing at University of California-Berkeley, a spring sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. UC Berkeley is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Atlantic Coast Conference.
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The UC Berkeley men’s rowing team fields 72 student athletes.
The UC Berkeley women’s rowing team carries 63 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 182. The most recent cohort included 145 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, UC Berkeley carries 135 rowing athletes — 72 on the men’s side and 63 on the women’s.
Among the 20 varsity sports UC Berkeley reports, rowing comes in at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s rowing program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 3 work full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Scott Frandsen.
The women’s rowing program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Al Acosta.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 4.
Among the school’s 20 sports, rowing ranks #5 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UC Berkeley men’s rowing program generated $3,133,743 in revenue against $2,677,292 in expenses, for a surplus of $456,451. This comes to about $4,964 in operating expense per athlete, or $357,426 per team.
The UC Berkeley women’s rowing program generated $2,762,258 in revenue against $2,762,258 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $6,735 in operating expense per athlete, or $424,290 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $3,133,743 to the women’s $2,762,258 in revenue.
Among the school’s 20 sports, rowing ranks #3 by revenue, or about 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s rowing team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 991 (987 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 98%. The program kept 98% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 989, rowing sits above average at 991.
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