2026 Coaching Carousel

[The Sultan]

How poor is Xavier?

https://www.wvxu.org/education/2025-09-25/xavier-enrollment-slide

"This semester, the university posted its lowest total enrollment in years. Recently released data shows that 673 freshmen enrolled at Xavier this fall, leaving the school with a total enrollment of less than 5,000 students in all of its undergraduate and graduate programs.

In 2011, the university's total enrollment was 6,945. Since then, enrollment has dropped by nearly 2,000 students."

And, while this is a couple years old, it still holds...

https://x.com/hoyatalk/status/1635754047025164291

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

https://x.com/TheFieldOf68/status/2026345105922089259?s=20

But would Providence highly consider Little Richard?  Fire a coach that's currently 5-11 in the Big East and replace him with another coach who is 5-11 in the BE. Genius!

[Billy Hoyle]

How poor is Xavier?

https://www.wvxu.org/education/2025-09-25/xavier-enrollment-slide

"This semester, the university posted its lowest total enrollment in years. Recently released data shows that 673 freshmen enrolled at Xavier this fall, leaving the school with a total enrollment of less than 5,000 students in all of its undergraduate and graduate programs.

In 2011, the university's total enrollment was 6,945. Since then, enrollment has dropped by nearly 2,000 students."

And, while this is a couple years old, it still holds...

X deliberately reduced enrollment as their retention rates were poor (under 80%). They shifted towards recruiting students who were more likely to return as sophomores, particularly those who could afford it financially. The rate was around 87% last year. There are financial issues at X, but the enrollment decline isn't as alarming as the article makes it seem.

chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.xavier.edu/announcements/documents/preslettertocampusfinal-23-may-2025.pdf

We're also seeing schools across the country, public and private, making cuts to the general institution (DePaul is one, we've made cuts too), but the athletic programs remain unscathed.

[The Sultan]

X deliberately reduced enrollment as their retention rates were poor (under 80%). They shifted towards recruiting students who were more likely to return as sophomores, particularly those who could afford it financially. The rate was around 87% last year. There are financial issues at X, but the enrollment decline isn't as alarming as the article makes it seem.

chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.xavier.edu/announcements/documents/preslettertocampusfinal-23-may-2025.pdf

We're also seeing schools across the country, public and private, making cuts to the general institution (DePaul is one, we've made cuts too), but the athletic programs remain unscathed.

They are down 2,000 students. Increasing freshman to sophomore retention by 10% wouldn't even make up for a quarter of that figure.

But also, the article mentions a $16 million budget deficit. And the fact that they want to grow enrollment by adding a bunch of new majors.

It's a very poor school by Big East standards.

[wadesworld]

Isn't Xavier opening a med school soon?

[The Sultan]

Isn't Xavier opening a med school soon?

A College of Osteopathic Medicine...yes.

[panda]

A College of Osteopathic Medicine...yes.

aka a medical school

[The Sultan]

aka a medical school

Right. Which is why I said "yes."

[panda]

Right. Which is why I said "yes."

lol - you said other things too

[The Sultan]

lol - you said other things too

Yes. I was providing more detail. I wasn't meaning anything else by it.