by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Football at Arkansas State University, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. A-State is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Sun Belt Conference.
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The A-State men’s football team carries 153 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 365. The most recent cohort included 404 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 11 varsity sports A-State reports, football sits at #1 by total roster size.
The men’s football program employs 25 coaches — 1 head coach and 24 assistants. Of those, 11 work full-time and 14 part-time. At the helm is Butch Jones.
Across the school’s 11 sports, football sits #1 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The A-State men’s football program generated $11,536,628 in revenue against $11,536,628 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $24,612 in operating expense per athlete, or $3,765,584 per team.
Among the school’s 11 sports, football ranks #1 by revenue, accounting for 34% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 947 (972 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 84%. Year over year, it held onto 97% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Against the school’s average team APR of 981, football trails the average at 947.
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