On this page we break down Soccer at University of California-Irvine, a fall 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 soccer team lists 28 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 96. The most recent cohort included 105 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The UC Irvine women’s soccer team carries 33 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 108. The NCAA tracked 112 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, UC Irvine carries 61 soccer athletes — 28 on the men’s side and 33 on the women’s.
Of the 11 varsity sports UC Irvine sponsors, soccer ranks #2 by total roster size.
The men’s soccer program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 2 work full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Yossi Raz.
The women’s soccer program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 3 work full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Scott Juniper.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 4.
Among the school’s 11 sports, soccer sits #3 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UC Irvine men’s soccer program brought in $977,517 in revenue against $977,517 in expenses, essentially breaking even. Per athlete, that is about $6,858 in operating expense per athlete, or $192,021 per team.
The UC Irvine women’s soccer program brought in $1,300,557 in revenue against $1,300,557 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $6,176 in operating expense per athlete, or $203,815 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $977,517 to the women’s $1,300,557 in revenue.
Against the school’s 11 sports, soccer sits #3 by revenue, or about 8% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s soccer team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 985 (966 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 76%. The program kept 97% of its athletes, with 95% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s soccer team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 968 (975 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 85%. Year over year, it held onto 97% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 985 and the women 968, with graduation success rates of 76% and 85% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 987, soccer sits below average at 976.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.