This page takes a deep look at Volleyball at University of Nebraska-Lincoln — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. UNL competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big Ten Conference.
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The UNL women’s volleyball team lists 17 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 55. The NCAA tracked 68 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 18 varsity sports UNL reports, volleyball sits at #12 by total roster size.
The women’s volleyball program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 2 work full-time and 2 part-time. The head coach is Dani Busboom Kelly.
Across the school’s 18 sports, volleyball ranks #5 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UNL women’s volleyball program reported $5,453,618 in revenue against $6,814,082 in expenses, running a deficit of $1,360,464. That works out to about $89,220 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,516,746 per team.
Among the school’s 18 sports, volleyball ranks #3 by revenue, or about 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s volleyball team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 995 (989 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 100% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Against the school’s average team APR of 991, volleyball comes in above the pack at 995.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.