This page takes a deep look at Wrestling at Western New England University, a winter sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Western New England competes in NCAA Division III with football as a member of Conference of New England.
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The Western New England men’s wrestling team carries 42 players.
The Western New England women’s wrestling team fields 30 players.
Across both rosters, Western New England fields 72 wrestling athletes — 42 on the men’s side and 30 on the women’s.
Of the 16 varsity sports Western New England sponsors, wrestling ranks #4 by total roster size.
The men’s wrestling program is staffed by 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Staffing-wise, 1 work full-time and 4 part-time. Leading the program is Mike Sugermeyer.
The women’s wrestling program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 1 work full-time and 2 part-time. At the helm is Tyler Keane.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 5 coaches to the women’s 3.
Across the school’s 16 sports, wrestling ranks #3 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Western New England men’s wrestling program brought in $236,630 in revenue against $217,835 in expenses, netting $18,795. That works out to about $1,518 in operating expense per athlete, or $63,771 per team.
The Western New England women’s wrestling program brought in $147,637 in revenue against $145,636 in expenses, a net profit of $2,001. Per athlete, that is about $1,809 in operating expense per athlete, or $54,266 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $236,630 to the women’s $147,637 in revenue.
Against the school’s 16 sports, wrestling ranks #5 by revenue, or about 7% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.