by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Soccer at Western Michigan University, a fall sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. WMU is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Mid-American Conference.
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The WMU men’s soccer team fields 31 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 104. Academic data covers 104 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The WMU women’s soccer team carries 33 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 103. The NCAA tracked 126 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, WMU carries 64 soccer athletes — 31 on the men’s side and 33 on the women’s.
Of the 13 varsity sports WMU reports, soccer sits at #3 by total roster size.
The men’s soccer program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 2 are full-time and 2 part-time. Leading the program is Chad Wiseman.
The women’s soccer program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 2 are full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Lewis Robinson.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 3.
Across the school’s 13 sports, soccer ranks #3 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The WMU men’s soccer program reported $940,844 in revenue against $940,844 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $5,282 in operating expense per athlete, or $163,750 per team.
The WMU women’s soccer program brought in $987,544 in revenue against $987,544 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $4,542 in operating expense per athlete, or $149,876 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team generated $940,844 to the women’s $987,544 in revenue.
Against the school’s 13 sports, soccer sits #4 by revenue, or about 4% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s soccer team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 993 (966 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 87%. It retained 96% of its athletes, with 96% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s soccer team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 998 (995 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 98% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 993 and the women 998, with graduation success rates of 87% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 989, soccer comes in above the pack at 996.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.