by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Softball at University of Southern Mississippi, a spring sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Southern Miss competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Sun Belt Conference.
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The Southern Miss women’s softball team carries 30 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 107. The most recent cohort included 91 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 14 varsity sports Southern Miss reports, softball sits at #6 by total roster size.
The women’s softball program is staffed by 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Of those, 3 are full-time and 2 part-time. Leading the program is Natalie Poole.
Across the school’s 14 sports, softball ranks #8 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Southern Miss women’s softball program generated $957,690 in revenue against $957,690 in expenses, essentially breaking even. Per athlete, that is about $8,696 in operating expense per athlete, or $260,873 per team.
Among the school’s 14 sports, softball sits #4 by revenue, accounting for 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s softball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 991 (978 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 88%. It retained 96% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 980, softball sits above average at 991.
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