by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Volleyball at University of California-Irvine — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. UC Irvine competes in NCAA Division I without football as a member of Big West Conference.
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The UC Irvine men’s volleyball team lists 19 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 59. The NCAA tracked 65 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The UC Irvine women’s volleyball team carries 23 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 48. Academic data covers 49 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, UC Irvine fields 42 volleyball athletes — 19 on the men’s side and 23 on the women’s.
Of the 11 varsity sports UC Irvine sponsors, volleyball sits at #4 by total roster size.
The men’s volleyball program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 1 work full-time and 3 part-time. The head coach is David Kniffin.
The women’s volleyball program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 3 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Ashlie Hain.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 3.
Across the school’s 11 sports, volleyball sits #3 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 volleyball program brought in $963,484 in revenue against $963,484 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $15,388 in operating expense per athlete, or $292,379 per team.
The UC Irvine women’s volleyball program reported $1,052,916 in revenue against $1,052,916 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $8,025 in operating expense per athlete, or $184,582 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $963,484 to the women’s $1,052,916 in revenue.
Among the school’s 11 sports, volleyball ranks #4 by revenue, accounting for 7% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s volleyball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 971 (979 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 83%. Year over year, it held onto 98% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s volleyball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 991 (995 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 91%. Year over year, it held onto 98% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 971 and the women 991, with graduation success rates of 83% and 91% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 987, volleyball sits below average at 981.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.