by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Football at Appalachian State University, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Appalachian State plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Sun Belt Conference.
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The Appalachian State men’s football team lists 122 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 362. The NCAA tracked 419 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 13 varsity sports Appalachian State sponsors, football sits at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program employs 11 coaches — 1 head coach and 10 assistants. In all, 11 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Dowell Loggains.
Across the school’s 13 sports, football sits #1 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Appalachian State men’s football program brought in $13,288,981 in revenue against $13,288,981 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $18,944 in operating expense per athlete, or $2,311,199 per team.
Against the school’s 13 sports, football ranks #1 by revenue, accounting for 30% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 969 (955 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 87%. The program kept 95% of its athletes, with 96% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 985, football lands below the pack at 969.
When Appalachian State places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we note it here. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.