This page takes a deep look at Baseball at University of California-Irvine, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. UC Irvine plays at the level of NCAA Division I without football as a member of Big West Conference.
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The UC Irvine men’s baseball team carries 40 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 100. The most recent cohort included 107 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 11 varsity sports UC Irvine reports, baseball ranks #6 by total roster size.
The men’s baseball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 3 work full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Ben Orloff.
Across the school’s 11 sports, baseball sits #9 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UC Irvine men’s baseball program brought in $2,318,489 in revenue against $2,318,489 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $15,370 in operating expense per athlete, or $614,787 per team.
Against the school’s 11 sports, baseball ranks #2 by revenue, or about 8% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s baseball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 975 (982 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 94%. The program kept 96% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 987, baseball sits below average at 975.
If UC Irvine places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, you’ll see it called out. College Factual’s sports rankings weigh both athletics and academics.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.