by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Football at Clemson University, a fall sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Clemson plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Atlantic Coast Conference.
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The Clemson men’s football team carries 137 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 396. The most recent cohort included 436 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 14 varsity sports Clemson reports, football comes in at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program employs 12 coaches — 1 head coach and 11 assistants. Of those, 12 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Dabo Swinney.
Across the school’s 14 sports, football ranks #2 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Clemson men’s football program reported $86,902,571 in revenue against $81,136,726 in expenses, netting $5,765,845. That works out to about $67,744 in operating expense per athlete, or $9,280,901 per team.
Among the school’s 14 sports, football sits #1 by revenue, or about 47% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 996 (993 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 98%. It retained 98% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 996, football matches the average at 996.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.