Here we dig into Swimming at University of the Pacific, a winter sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Pacific competes in NCAA Division I without football as a member of West Coast Conference.
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The Pacific men’s swimming team carries 22 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 92. The NCAA tracked 44 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Pacific women’s swimming team lists 20 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 86. Academic data covers 49 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, Pacific carries 42 swimming athletes — 22 on the men’s side and 20 on the women’s.
Of the 13 varsity sports Pacific reports, swimming comes in at #3 by total roster size.
The men’s swimming program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 0 are full-time and 3 part-time. At the helm is Katelyne Herrington.
The women’s swimming program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 0 work full-time and 3 part-time. Leading the program is Katelyne Herrington.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 3.
Among the school’s 13 sports, swimming ranks #3 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Pacific men’s swimming program brought in $542,921 in revenue against $542,921 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $2,999 in operating expense per athlete, or $65,974 per team.
The Pacific women’s swimming program generated $423,636 in revenue against $423,636 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $3,639 in operating expense per athlete, or $72,779 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $542,921 to the women’s $423,636 in revenue.
Against the school’s 13 sports, swimming ranks #8 by revenue, or about 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s swimming team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 981 (962 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 80%. It retained 95% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s swimming team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 979 (994 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 98% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 981 and the women 979, with graduation success rates of 80% and 100% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 978, swimming grades out ahead at 980.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.