by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Football at Auburn University, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Auburn competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Southeastern Conference.
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The Auburn men’s football team fields 121 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 383. The most recent cohort included 436 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 15 varsity sports Auburn reports, football sits at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program employs 11 coaches — 1 head coach and 10 assistants. Of those, 11 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Hugh Freeze.
Across the school’s 15 sports, football sits #4 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Auburn men’s football program brought in $121,408,732 in revenue against $58,724,402 in expenses, a net profit of $62,684,330. Per athlete, that is about $55,856 in operating expense per athlete, or $6,758,526 per team.
Among the school’s 15 sports, football sits #1 by revenue, accounting for 59% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 992 (980 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 89%. The program kept 97% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 993, football sits below average at 992.
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