by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Baseball at University of Kansas, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. KU is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big 12 Conference.
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The KU men’s baseball team fields 39 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 114. The NCAA tracked 121 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 14 varsity sports KU reports, baseball comes in at #4 by total roster size.
The men’s baseball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Dan Fitzgerald.
Among the school’s 14 sports, baseball sits #4 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The KU men’s baseball program brought in $2,219,296 in revenue against $4,529,090 in expenses, coming up short by $2,309,794. This comes to about $40,965 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,597,625 per team.
Against the school’s 14 sports, baseball ranks #8 by revenue, accounting for 1% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s baseball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 978 (976 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 87%. It retained 96% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 991, baseball lands below the pack at 978.
When KU places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we note it here. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.