by our College Data Analytics TeamIf you’re a student athlete thinking about going to Virginia Tech be sure to check out the facts on this page about the athletics program as a whole as well as the information about the particular sport you are interested in.
Virginia Tech competes in the NCAA Division I-FBS , and is one of the Atlantic Coast Conference schools.
A total number of 731 student athletes participate in varsity sports at the school, 414 of whom are male and 317 are female. Sports-related student aid is available at Virginia Tech and the average award is around $17,959 per athlete. Looking at the difference between men and women, males received an average of about $19,232 and women received an average of $16,297.
Of the 18 head coaches at Virginia Tech, 9 are leaders of men’s teams and 9 lead women’s teams. The head coaches of men’s teams make about $1,061,749 on average, and the yearly average salary of women’s team head coaches is $303,584.
There are also 55 assitant coaches of sports at Virginia Tech. That breaks down to 32 assistant coaches of men’s teams and 23 assistant coaches of women’s teams. The average salary is $369,771 a year for assistant coaches of men’s teams and $120,554 for assistant coaches of women’s teams. Note, the individual salary of coaches is often dependent on the team they coach.
Virginia Tech sports teams made $109,216,783 in revenue, but they did have to spend $109,216,783 for expenses. Although the school didn’t make any money, it didn’t lose any either!
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 Virginia Tech.
In addition to giving other data about the sports below, we try to include each sport’s ranking on our Best Schools for a Sport lists when one exists. The top spots on College Factual’s sports rankings are reserved for those schools that excel in both athletics and academics. Because, after all, there is life after college sports, and a good education will make it easier to succeed in that life.
The Virginia Tech men’s baseball team is made up of 43 players who, in turn, are trained and guided by a head coach and 3 assistant coaches. With an excellent academic progress rate of 975, the team has shown that they take there time in the classroom seriously.
The Virginia Tech baseball program paid out $3,441,122 in expenses while making $590,940 in total revenue. Unfortunately, that means the program lost money, racking up a net loss of $-2,850,182.
The 21 players of the Virginia Tech women’s basketball team are led by a head coach and 2 assistant coaches. In terms of how well they perform in the classroom, the team has an academic progress rate of 947.
On the money side of things, the Virginia Tech women’s basketball program brought home $1,176,953 in revenue and paid out $3,384,751 in total expenses. This is a bit of a downer since it means that the program lost money, $-2,207,798 to be exact.
The Virginia Tech men’s football team is made up of 126 players who, in turn, are trained and guided by a head coach and 10 assistant coaches. You may be interested in knowing that the team’s academic progress rate is 958.
The Virginia Tech football program paid out $37,820,809 in expenses while making $52,962,813 in total revenue. This equates to a net profit of $15,142,004 for the program. That’s definitely a big plus.
The 9 players of the Virginia Tech men’s golf team are led by a head coach and an assistant coach. In addition to spending time on the field, teammates score well in the classroom, too. As a whole, the team has a super academic progress rate of 984.
The men’s golf program at Virginia Tech made $70,432 in revenue and spent $560,411 in expenses. This is a bit of a downer since it means that the program lost money, $-489,979 to be exact.
The Virginia Tech women’s golf team is made up of 8 players who, in turn, are trained and guided by a head coach and an assistant coach. With an excellent academic progress rate of 1000, the team has shown that they take there time in the classroom seriously.
In terms of financials, the Virginia Tech women’s golf program paid out $847,193 in expenses and made $462,769 in total revenue. This is a bit of a downer since it means that the program lost money, $-384,424 to be exact.
The 42-player women’s lacrosse team at Virginia Tech is kept in shape by one head coach and 2 assistant coaches. The team has an excellent academic progress rate of 979 - proof that they don’t ignore the importance of getting a good education.
In terms of financials, the Virginia Tech women’s lacrosse program paid out $1,656,974 in expenses and made $607,660 in total revenue. That’s not such good news since it means the program lost money to the tune of $-1,049,314.
The 36 players of the Virginia Tech men’s soccer team are led by a head coach and 2 assistant coaches. In terms of how well they perform in the classroom, the team has an academic progress rate of 949.
On the money side of things, the Virginia Tech men’s soccer program brought home $129,077 in revenue and paid out $1,511,074 in total expenses. This is a bit of a downer since it means that the program lost money, $-1,381,997 to be exact.
The head coach and 2 assistant coaches train and lead the 32 players of the Virginia Tech women’s soccer team. The team has an excellent academic progress rate of 997 - proof that they don’t ignore the importance of getting a good education.
In terms of financials, the Virginia Tech women’s soccer program paid out $1,531,907 in expenses and made $446,743 in total revenue. That’s not such good news since it means the program lost money to the tune of $-1,085,164.
The 30-player women’s softball team at Virginia Tech is kept in shape by one head coach and 2 assistant coaches. The team has an excellent academic progress rate of 989 - proof that they don’t ignore the importance of getting a good education.
The women’s softball program at Virginia Tech made $650,946 in revenue and spend $1,825,678 in expenses. Unfortunately, that means the program lost money, racking up a net loss of $-1,174,732.
The 34 players of the Virginia Tech men’s swimming and diving team are led by a head coach and 8 assistant coaches.
In terms of financials, the Virginia Tech men’s swimming and diving program paid out $1,282,109 in expenses and made $101,426 in total revenue. That’s not such good news since it means the program lost money to the tune of $-1,180,683.
The 39-player women’s swimming and diving team at Virginia Tech is kept in shape by one head coach and 8 assistant coaches.
The women’s swimming and diving program at Virginia Tech made $514,812 in revenue and spent $1,443,660 in expenses. Unfortunately, that means the program lost money, racking up a net loss of $-928,848.
The 12-player men’s tennis team at Virginia Tech is kept in shape by one head coach and 2 assistant coaches. With an excellent academic progress rate of 1000, the team has shown that they take there time in the classroom seriously.
The men’s tennis program at Virginia Tech made $123,517 in revenue and spent $773,134 in expenses. This is a bit of a downer since it means that the program lost money, $-649,617 to be exact.
The 15 players of the Virginia Tech women’s tennis team are led by a head coach and an assistant coach. The team members have more than tennis on their mind, too, as seen by the team’s great academic progress rate of 1000.
The Virginia Tech women’s tennis program paid out $888,794 in expenses while making $505,895 in total revenue. That’s not such good news since it means the program lost money to the tune of $-382,899.
The 109-player men’s track and field team at Virginia Tech is kept in shape by one head coach and 10 assistant coaches.
On the money side of things, the Virginia Tech men’s track and field program brought home $78,939 in revenue and paid out $1,518,799 in total expenses. That’s not such good news since it means the program lost money to the tune of $-1,439,860.
There are 108 players on the Virginia Tech women’s track and field team, and they are led by one head coach and 10 assistant coaches.
The women’s track and field program at Virginia Tech made $469,893 in revenue and spent $1,880,637 in expenses. Unfortunately, that means the program lost money, racking up a net loss of $-1,410,744.
The 22-player women’s volleyball team at Virginia Tech is kept in shape by one head coach and 3 assistant coaches. The team members have more than volleyball on their mind, too, as seen by the team’s great academic progress rate of 989.
The Virginia Tech women’s volleyball program paid out $1,327,067 in expenses while making $446,305 in total revenue. Unfortunately, that means the program lost money, racking up a net loss of $-880,762.
The 32-player men’s wrestling team at Virginia Tech is kept in shape by one head coach and 3 assistant coaches. You may be interested in knowing that the team’s academic progress rate is 965.
The wrestling program at Virginia Tech made $132,355 in revenue and spend $1,829,349 in expenses. Unfortunately, that means the program lost money, racking up a net loss of $-1,696,994.
In case you’re wondering why certain sports that Virginia Tech offers aren’t listed above, it’s because we have no data on those sports.
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.
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