University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Baseball
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign fields a baseball team in the Big Ten Conference (NCAA Division I). In 2024–25 the roster carried 35 players, below the median of 40, with 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Team expenses were $3,765,062, well above the median of $1.6M — $107,573 per roster spot, top quarter of Division I baseball programs. Under the Division I roster cap of 34 in force from 2025-26, that is 1 over — cuts or attrition are likely, though players already on the roster may stay (279 of 306 Division I programs carried more than the cap). The team's multi-year Academic Progress Rate is 995, about the median of 979, with 99% of players retained year to year. The school gave $8,613,622 in athletic aid across its men's teams, about $27,966 per roster spot.
Among Division I baseball programs
Where this program sits against its 306 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).
Team budgets across the division
Roster sizes (cap 34)
The program
- Roster35 2024–25 season
- Division I roster cap34 1 over last season
- Coaching staff1 head, 3 assistant
- Team expenses$3,765,062 for the year
- Operating expenses$736,877 game-day and travel
- Spend per roster spot$107,573 division median $39,211
- Academic Progress Rate995 multi-year; 1000 latest
- Players retained99% year to year
- Eligible100% of player-terms
- Athletic aid, men's teams$8,613,622 school-wide
- Aid per roster spot$27,966 across men's teams
- Recruiting spend, men's$2,800,759 school-wide
Coaching staff
| Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Dan Hartleb head coach | Head Coach | On file · sign in |
| Adam Christ | Assistant Coach | On file · sign in |
| Curt Courtwright | Assistant Coach | not on file |
| Dillon Napoleon | Assistant Coach | not on file |
| Jack Van Remortel | Director of Player Development | On file · sign in |
| Diego Acosta | Director of Operations & Analytics | On file · sign in |
Recruiting timing
- Coaches may first contact youAugust 1 before junior year
- Your own emailsAny time the rule limits what coaches send back
- High-school baseball players472,598 2024-25
- Division I roster spots12,211 306 programs
- Odds of a spot1 in 39 2.6% of high-school players hold a Division I roster spot
General NCAA rule for Division I; the baseball recruiting guide has the date for each grad year, the eligibility checklist and what to put in a first email.
About the school
What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.Campus
Full picture →- Setting
- City
- Type
- Public · Research university
- Affiliation
- None
Getting in
Full picture →- Test scores
- Test-optional
- Graduate in 6 yrs
- 85%
Baseball
Full picture →- Team expenses
- $3,765,062 $107,573 per roster spot · top quarter of Division I
- Coaches
- 1 head · 3 assistant
- Athletic aid, men's teams
- $8,613,622
- Recruiting spend, men's
- $2,800,759
Cost
Full picture →- Tuition & fees
- $18,060 in-state · $39,192 out
Campus safety
Full picture →- In residence halls
- 11 burglaries · 67 sex offences over 2022–2024
- Residence-hall fires
- 14 over 2022–2024
Majors
Full picture →Research University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
School pages built around what an athlete needs to know — the program's money and roster room, admissions fit, what a family really pays, majors, campus life and safety.
Baseball programs within 150 miles
| School | Miles | Roster | Budget | APR | Admitted | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Illinois University Division I · Ohio Valley Conference | 43 | 44 | $926k | 970 | 68% | |
| Millikin University Division III · College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin | 44 | 48 | $298k | — | 54% | |
| Illinois Wesleyan University Division III · College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin | 48 | 50 | $193k | — | 45% | |
| Illinois State University Division I · Missouri Valley Conference | 49 | 38 | $1.3M | 997 | 89% | |
| Indiana State University Division I · Missouri Valley Conference | 62 | 42 | $1.5M | 968 | 92% | |
| Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Division III · Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference | 64 | 40 | $251k | — | 73% | |
| Eureka College Division III · St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | 69 | 47 | $150k | — | 88% | |
| Wabash College Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference | 70 | — | — | — | 63% | |
| Purdue University Division I · Big Ten Conference | 73 | 45 | $3.2M | 977 | 50% | |
| University of Illinois Springfield Division II · Great Lakes Valley Conference | 78 | 49 | $598k | — | 84% | |
| DePauw University Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference | 79 | 40 | $259k | — | 54% | |
| Bradley University Division I · Missouri Valley Conference | 84 | 36 | $1.5M | 1000 | 77% |
Other baseball programs in the Big Ten Conference
Every Big Ten Conference baseball program · Baseball budgets ranked