by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Wrestling at University of Wisconsin-Madison, a winter sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. 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 wrestling team fields 29 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 98. The most recent cohort included 60 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 15 varsity sports UW - Madison reports, wrestling sits at #8 by total roster size.
The men’s wrestling program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 3 are full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Chris Bono.
Across the school’s 15 sports, wrestling sits #9 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UW - Madison men’s wrestling program brought in $366,123 in revenue against $2,048,067 in expenses, running a deficit of $1,681,944. That works out to about $3,945 in operating expense per athlete, or $114,403 per team.
Among the school’s 15 sports, wrestling ranks #12 by revenue, accounting for 0% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s wrestling team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (997 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 99% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 992, wrestling comes in above the pack at 1000.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.