by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Football at California State University-Sacramento, a fall sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Sac State is classified as NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Big Sky Conference.
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The Sac State men’s football team carries 155 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 350. The most recent cohort included 394 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 14 varsity sports Sac State sponsors, football sits at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program carries 20 coaches — 1 head coach and 19 assistants. Of those, 11 are full-time and 9 part-time. Leading the program is Alonzo Carter.
Among the school’s 14 sports, football ranks #1 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Sac State men’s football program brought in $10,126,065 in revenue against $10,126,065 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $12,821 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,987,201 per team.
Among the school’s 14 sports, football sits #1 by revenue, accounting for 22% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 961 (959 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 72%. The program kept 95% of its athletes, with 96% remaining academically eligible.
Against the school’s average team APR of 975, football sits below average at 961.
When Sac State places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. Our sports rankings reward schools that excel on the field and in the classroom.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.