Here we dig into Rowing at University of Iowa, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Iowa competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big Ten Conference.
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The Iowa women’s rowing team fields 75 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 116. The most recent cohort included 165 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 17 varsity sports Iowa sponsors, rowing comes in at #3 by total roster size.
The women’s rowing program employs 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Of those, 5 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Jeff Garbutt.
Across the school’s 17 sports, rowing sits #5 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Iowa women’s rowing program brought in $121,521 in revenue against $2,742,390 in expenses, a net loss of $2,620,869. Per athlete, that is about $9,922 in operating expense per athlete, or $744,128 per team.
Against the school’s 17 sports, rowing ranks #12 by revenue, or about 0% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s rowing team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 990 (995 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 86%. Year over year, it held onto 99% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Against the school’s average team APR of 991, rowing matches the average at 990.
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