On this page we break down Soccer at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a fall sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. UNC Chapel Hill is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Atlantic Coast Conference.
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The UNC Chapel Hill men’s soccer team lists 41 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 73. The NCAA tracked 98 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The UNC Chapel Hill women’s soccer team lists 37 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 83. The most recent cohort included 105 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, UNC Chapel Hill carries 78 soccer athletes — 41 on the men’s side and 37 on the women’s.
Of the 19 varsity sports UNC Chapel Hill reports, soccer sits at #4 by total roster size.
The men’s soccer program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 4 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Carlos Somoano.
The women’s soccer program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 4 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Damon Nahas.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 4.
Across the school’s 19 sports, soccer ranks #5 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UNC Chapel Hill men’s soccer program brought in $1,152,768 in revenue against $1,942,182 in expenses, a net loss of $789,414. This comes to about $13,401 in operating expense per athlete, or $549,460 per team.
The UNC Chapel Hill women’s soccer program reported $1,870,729 in revenue against $2,971,639 in expenses, coming up short by $1,100,910. This comes to about $20,427 in operating expense per athlete, or $755,810 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $1,152,768 to the women’s $1,870,729 in revenue.
Against the school’s 19 sports, soccer ranks #5 by revenue, or about 2% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s soccer team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 981 (1000 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 88%. The program kept 99% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s soccer team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 997 (1000 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 99% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 981 and the women 997, with graduation success rates of 88% and 100% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 989, soccer sits right at the average at 989.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.