by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Football at Alabama A & M University, a fall sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. AAMU competes in NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Southwestern Athletic Conf..
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The AAMU men’s football team fields 146 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 316. The most recent cohort included 339 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 12 varsity sports AAMU reports, football sits at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program is staffed by 14 coaches — 1 head coach and 13 assistants. Of those, 13 work full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Samuel Shade.
Across the school’s 12 sports, football ranks #1 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The AAMU men’s football program brought in $5,099,251 in revenue against $4,382,334 in expenses, a net profit of $716,917. This comes to about $7,551 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,102,458 per team.
Against the school’s 12 sports, football sits #1 by revenue, accounting for 39% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 897 (924 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 59%. It retained 93% of its athletes, with 90% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 946, football lands below the pack at 897.
When AAMU earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. Our sports rankings reward schools that excel on the field and in the classroom.
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