by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Football at Abilene Christian University, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Abilene Christian plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Western Athletic Conference.
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The Abilene Christian men’s football team carries 93 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 336. Academic data covers 338 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 11 varsity sports Abilene Christian sponsors, football comes in at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program is staffed by 12 coaches — 1 head coach and 11 assistants. In all, 12 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Keith Patterson.
Among the school’s 11 sports, football ranks #1 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Abilene Christian men’s football program brought in $7,428,508 in revenue against $7,286,935 in expenses, a net profit of $141,573. This comes to about $17,471 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,624,808 per team.
Among the school’s 11 sports, football sits #1 by revenue, or about 28% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 951 (938 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 84%. Year over year, it held onto 93% of its athletes, with 94% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 991, football trails the average at 951.
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