by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Baseball at University of Connecticut, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. UCONN plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of BIG EAST Conference.
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The UCONN men’s baseball team fields 42 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 102. Academic data covers 122 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 17 varsity sports UCONN sponsors, baseball sits at #6 by total roster size.
The men’s baseball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 3 work full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Jim Penders.
Among the school’s 17 sports, baseball ranks #6 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UCONN men’s baseball program reported $2,756,777 in revenue against $2,756,777 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $25,170 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,057,160 per team.
Against the school’s 17 sports, baseball ranks #6 by revenue, accounting for 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s baseball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 995 (982 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 96%. The program kept 95% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 988, baseball grades out ahead at 995.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.