by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Soccer at University of California-Riverside, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. UCR is classified as NCAA Division I without football as a member of Big West Conference.
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The UCR men’s soccer team fields 30 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 75. Academic data covers 96 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The UCR women’s soccer team carries 28 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 99. Academic data covers 106 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, UCR fields 58 soccer athletes — 30 on the men’s side and 28 on the women’s.
Among the 10 varsity sports UCR reports, soccer comes in at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s soccer program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 3 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Tim Cupello.
The women’s soccer program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 3 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Mike Dibbini.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 3.
Across the school’s 10 sports, soccer sits #3 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UCR men’s soccer program reported $1,040,194 in revenue against $1,040,194 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $6,659 in operating expense per athlete, or $199,758 per team.
The UCR women’s soccer program generated $871,521 in revenue against $871,521 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $6,013 in operating expense per athlete, or $168,374 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team brought in $1,040,194 to the women’s $871,521 in revenue.
Among the school’s 10 sports, soccer sits #2 by revenue, or about 10% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s soccer team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 983 (987 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 88%. Year over year, it held onto 99% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s soccer team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 988 (978 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 88%. It retained 98% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 983 and the women 988, with graduation success rates of 88% and 88% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 984, soccer grades out ahead at 986.
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