by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Baseball at University of Southern Mississippi, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Southern Miss plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Sun Belt Conference.
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The Southern Miss men’s baseball team lists 39 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 113. The NCAA tracked 128 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 14 varsity sports Southern Miss sponsors, baseball sits at #3 by total roster size.
The men’s baseball program employs 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. In all, 5 work full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Christian Ostrander.
Among the school’s 14 sports, baseball sits #6 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Southern Miss men’s baseball program brought in $2,372,082 in revenue against $2,372,082 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $12,956 in operating expense per athlete, or $505,286 per team.
Against the school’s 14 sports, baseball sits #3 by revenue, or about 7% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s baseball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 989 (981 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 86%. Year over year, it held onto 96% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 980, baseball comes in above the pack at 989.
When Southern Miss earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, you’ll see it called out. College Factual’s sports rankings weigh both athletics and academics.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.