by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Baseball at Virginia Commonwealth University, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. VCU competes in NCAA Division I without football as a member of Atlantic 10 Conference.
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The VCU men’s baseball team lists 42 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 106. The NCAA tracked 116 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 11 varsity sports VCU sponsors, baseball comes in at #3 by total roster size.
The men’s baseball program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 4 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Sean Thompson.
Among the school’s 11 sports, baseball ranks #4 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The VCU men’s baseball program reported $1,713,909 in revenue against $1,713,909 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $9,328 in operating expense per athlete, or $391,758 per team.
Among the school’s 11 sports, baseball ranks #4 by revenue, accounting for 4% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s baseball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 971 (976 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 93%. Year over year, it held onto 94% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 986, baseball sits below average at 971.
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