by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Soccer at University of Louisville, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. UofL competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Atlantic Coast Conference.
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The UofL men’s soccer team fields 30 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 103. The most recent cohort included 115 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The UofL women’s soccer team carries 31 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 98. The NCAA tracked 104 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, UofL carries 61 soccer athletes — 30 on the men’s side and 31 on the women’s.
Among the 15 varsity sports UofL reports, soccer ranks #4 by total roster size.
The men’s soccer program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 3 are full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is John Michael Hayden.
The women’s soccer program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 3 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Karen Ferguson-Dayes.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 3.
Among the school’s 15 sports, soccer ranks #5 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UofL men’s soccer program brought in $66,594 in revenue against $1,475,405 in expenses, coming up short by $1,408,811. That works out to about $6,896 in operating expense per athlete, or $206,872 per team.
The UofL women’s soccer program brought in $28,969 in revenue against $1,555,046 in expenses, coming up short by $1,526,077. This comes to about $4,741 in operating expense per athlete, or $146,967 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $66,594 to the women’s $28,969 in revenue.
Against the school’s 15 sports, soccer ranks #12 by revenue, accounting for 0% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s soccer team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 986 (957 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 84%. Year over year, it held onto 95% of its athletes, with 96% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s soccer team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 969 (991 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 98% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 986 and the women 969, with graduation success rates of 84% and 100% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 987, soccer trails the average at 978.
If UofL earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, we note it here. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.