by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Soccer at University of Nevada-Las Vegas, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. UNLV plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Mountain West Conference.
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The UNLV men’s soccer team fields 26 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 97. The NCAA tracked 100 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The UNLV women’s soccer team carries 28 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 125. Academic data covers 124 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, UNLV carries 54 soccer athletes — 26 on the men’s side and 28 on the women’s.
Among the 13 varsity sports UNLV sponsors, soccer ranks #4 by total roster size.
The men’s soccer program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 4 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is BJ Craig.
The women’s soccer program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 3 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Jenny Ruiz-Williams.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 3.
Across the school’s 13 sports, soccer sits #4 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UNLV men’s soccer program generated $634,324 in revenue against $1,067,545 in expenses, running a deficit of $433,221. Per athlete, that is about $6,242 in operating expense per athlete, or $162,295 per team.
The UNLV women’s soccer program reported $568,453 in revenue against $1,131,947 in expenses, running a deficit of $563,494. This comes to about $5,076 in operating expense per athlete, or $142,123 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $634,324 to the women’s $568,453 in revenue.
Among the school’s 13 sports, soccer ranks #5 by revenue, accounting for 2% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s soccer team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 948 (965 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 63%. Year over year, it held onto 96% of its athletes, with 94% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s soccer team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 998 (980 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 71%. It retained 97% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 948 and the women 998, with graduation success rates of 63% and 71% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 984, soccer sits below average at 973.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.