by our College Data Analytics TeamWhen trying to decide if Life University is right for them, student athletes may want to check out the information on this page about the school’s overall athletics program and the data on the particular sport of interest to them.
Life competes in the NAIA Division I , and is one of the Not applicable schools.
There are 664 athletes who take part in at least one sport at the school, 361 men and 303 women. Sports-related student aid is available at Life and the average award is around $8,302 per athlete. Looking at the difference between men and women, males received an average of about $8,684 and women received an average of $7,896.
The sports at Life are led by 19 head coaches, 9 of whom coach male teams, 9 of whom spearhead women’s teams, and 1 of whom leads a coed team. The average salary of the men’s team head coaches is $53,487, while the head coaches of women’s team make, on average, $54,761 per year and the head coach of the coed team brings home $43,131.
The head coaches of Life sports are supported by 12 assistant coaches of women’s teams and 12 assistant coaches of men’s teams. The assistant coaches for women’s teams make an average of $41,077 while the ones for men’s team make about $34,571 a year. Note, the individual salary of coaches is often dependent on the team they coach.
Life sports teams made $9,593,808 in revenue, but they did have to spend $9,285,946 for expenses. So, the good news is that athletics program made a profit of $307,862, and that’s much nicer than losing money (which some schools do).
Likewise, money made for women’s athletics can vary quite a bit by sport. Here’s what the comparison looks like for women’s sports at Life.
Along with the other data we present for each sport below, we also include the sport’s ranking on our Best Schools for the Sport list when applicable. In order to place in College Factual’s sports rankings, you have to have more than a good sports team. You need to offer a quality education as well. We believe it’s important to get a great education, whether you participate in sports or not.
The 18-player men’s basketball team at Life is kept in shape by one head coach and 2 assistant coaches.
On the money side of things, the Life men’s basketball program brought home $513,223 in revenue and paid out $513,223 in total expenses. On the positive side, this means the program didn’t lose any money - and that’s not something every college sports program can claim.
The 16 players of the Life women’s basketball team are led by a head coach and 2 assistant coaches.
On the money side of things, the Life women’s basketball program brought home $473,520 in revenue and paid out $473,520 in total expenses. So, the program broke even. It’s unfortunate that it didn’t make any money, but, then again, it didn’t lose any money either.
The Life women’s bowling team is made up of 3 members who, in turn, are trained and guided by a head coach and an assistant coach.
On the money side of things, the Life bowling program brought home $20,875 in revenue and paid out $20,875 in total expenses. So, the program broke even. It’s unfortunate that it didn’t make any money, but, then again, it didn’t lose any money either.
The 24 players of the Life women’s lacrosse team are led by a head coach and an assistant coach.
On the money side of things, the Life women’s lacrosse program brought home $408,993 in revenue and paid out $408,993 in total expenses. Even though this means that the program didn’t make any money, at least it wasn’t in the red.
The Life men’s soccer team is made up of 39 players who, in turn, are trained and guided by a head coach and 2 assistant coaches.
In terms of financials, the Life men’s soccer program paid out $656,505 in expenses and made $656,505 in total revenue. So, the program broke even. It’s unfortunate that it didn’t make any money, but, then again, it didn’t lose any money either.
There are 42 players on the Life women’s soccer team, and they are led by one head coach and one assistant coach.
Life brought in $634,273 in revenue from its women’s soccer program while paying out $634,273 in expenses. Even though this means that the program didn’t make any money, at least it wasn’t in the red.
The Life men’s swimming team is made up of 10 players who, in turn, are trained and guided by a head coach and an assistant coach.
The Life men’s swimming program paid out $119,100 in expenses while making $119,100 in total revenue. Even though this means that the program didn’t make any money, at least it wasn’t in the red.
The 12-member women’s swimming team at Life is kept in shape by one head coach and one assistant coach.
The Life women’s swimming program paid out $145,566 in expenses while making $145,566 in total revenue. Even though this means that the program didn’t make any money, at least it wasn’t in the red.
The head coach and 3 assistant coaches train and lead the 70 players of the Life men’s track and field team.
On the money side of things, the Life men’s track and field program brought home $397,880 in revenue and paid out $397,880 in total expenses. So, the program broke even. It’s unfortunate that it didn’t make any money, but, then again, it didn’t lose any money either.
The 77 players of the Life women’s track and field team are led by a head coach and 3 assistant coaches.
In terms of financials, the Life women’s track and field program paid out $331,335 in expenses and made $331,335 in total revenue. On the positive side, this means the program didn’t lose any money - and that’s not something every college sports program can claim.
The 15 players of the Life men’s volleyball team are led by a head coach and an assistant coach.
The Life men’s volleyball program paid out $222,529 in expenses while making $222,529 in total revenue. On the positive side, this means the program didn’t lose any money - and that’s not something every college sports program can claim.
The 23 players of the Life women’s volleyball team are led by a head coach and an assistant coach.
The women’s volleyball program at Life made $421,752 in revenue and spent $421,752 in expenses. On the positive side, this means the program didn’t lose any money - and that’s not something every college sports program can claim.
The 119-member men’s wrestling team at Life is kept in shape by one head coach and one assistant coach.
On the money side of things, the Life wrestling program brought home $1,520,594 in revenue and paid out $1,520,594 in total expenses. Even though this means that the program didn’t make any money, at least it wasn’t in the red.
Note that if we don’t have data on a particular sport, it won’t be listed in the section above.
U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics Data Analysis (EADA)
The academic progress rate (APR) of each team was made available by the NCAA.
More about our data sources and methodologies.