by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Wrestling at University of Iowa, a winter sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Iowa is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big Ten Conference.
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The Iowa men’s wrestling team fields 39 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 87. The most recent cohort included 84 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Iowa women’s wrestling team carries 32 student athletes.
Combined, Iowa carries 71 wrestling athletes — 39 on the men’s side and 32 on the women’s.
Among the 17 varsity sports Iowa sponsors, wrestling ranks #4 by total roster size.
The men’s wrestling program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 4 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Tom Brands.
The women’s wrestling program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 3 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Clarissa Chun.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 3.
Across the school’s 17 sports, wrestling ranks #4 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Iowa men’s wrestling program generated $2,798,767 in revenue against $4,035,417 in expenses, a net loss of $1,236,650. That works out to about $17,911 in operating expense per athlete, or $698,540 per team.
The Iowa women’s wrestling program brought in $234,232 in revenue against $1,939,541 in expenses, coming up short by $1,705,309. Per athlete, that is about $8,512 in operating expense per athlete, or $272,383 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $2,798,767 to the women’s $234,232 in revenue.
Against the school’s 17 sports, wrestling sits #3 by revenue, accounting for 2% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s wrestling team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 975 (974 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 92%. Year over year, it held onto 97% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
Against the school’s average team APR of 991, wrestling sits below average at 975.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.