by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Rowing at University of Wisconsin-Madison, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. UW - Madison is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big Ten Conference.
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The UW - Madison men’s rowing team carries 52 players.
The UW - Madison women’s rowing team fields 141 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 228. The most recent cohort included 195 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, UW - Madison fields 193 rowing athletes — 52 on the men’s side and 141 on the women’s.
Among the 15 varsity sports UW - Madison reports, rowing sits at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s rowing program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 2 work full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Beau Hoopman.
The women’s rowing program carries 9 coaches — 1 head coach and 8 assistants. In all, 7 are full-time and 2 part-time. At the helm is Victoria Opitz.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 9.
Among the school’s 15 sports, rowing sits #3 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UW - Madison men’s rowing program reported $222,432 in revenue against $1,843,898 in expenses, coming up short by $1,621,466. This comes to about $6,733 in operating expense per athlete, or $350,129 per team.
The UW - Madison women’s rowing program brought in $612,086 in revenue against $4,041,785 in expenses, coming up short by $3,429,699. This comes to about $3,590 in operating expense per athlete, or $506,177 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $222,432 to the women’s $612,086 in revenue.
Against the school’s 15 sports, rowing ranks #8 by revenue, or about 0% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s rowing team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 985 (997 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 100% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Against the school’s average team APR of 992, rowing trails the average at 985.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.