by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Football at California State University-Fresno, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Fresno State is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Mountain West Conference.
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The Fresno State men’s football team fields 112 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 357. The NCAA tracked 407 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 17 varsity sports Fresno State sponsors, football sits at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program employs 18 coaches — 1 head coach and 17 assistants. In all, 12 work full-time and 6 part-time. The head coach is Matt Entz.
Across the school’s 17 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 Fresno State men’s football program reported $17,708,178 in revenue against $17,708,178 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $29,086 in operating expense per athlete, or $3,257,640 per team.
Against the school’s 17 sports, football sits #1 by revenue, or about 28% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 985 (954 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 81%. Year over year, it held onto 94% of its athletes, with 96% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 983, football sits above average at 985.
When Fresno State earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.