by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Football at Brigham Young University, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. BYU plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big 12 Conference.
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The BYU men’s football team carries 135 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 399. Academic data covers 435 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 14 varsity sports BYU reports, football sits at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program is staffed by 11 coaches — 1 head coach and 10 assistants. Staffing-wise, 11 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Kalani Sitake.
Across the school’s 14 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 BYU men’s football program generated $51,715,899 in revenue against $44,561,032 in expenses, netting $7,154,867. This comes to about $55,891 in operating expense per athlete, or $7,545,227 per team.
Against the school’s 14 sports, football sits #1 by revenue, or about 34% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 953 (946 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 70%. It retained 94% of its athletes, with 94% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 980, football lands below the pack at 953.
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