by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Football at Bowling Green State University-Main Campus, a fall sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. BGSU competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Mid-American Conference.
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The BGSU men’s football team lists 108 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 367. The most recent cohort included 414 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 15 varsity sports BGSU reports, football comes in at #1 by total roster size.
The men’s football program carries 13 coaches — 1 head coach and 12 assistants. Of those, 13 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Eddie George.
Across the school’s 15 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 BGSU men’s football program brought in $10,756,676 in revenue against $10,984,685 in expenses, a net loss of $228,009. Per athlete, that is about $2,417 in operating expense per athlete, or $261,012 per team.
Against the school’s 15 sports, football sits #1 by revenue, or about 30% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 963 (947 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 75%. It retained 95% of its athletes, with 93% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 991, football trails the average at 963.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.