This page takes a deep look at Football at Colgate University, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Colgate is classified as NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Patriot League.
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The Colgate men’s football team fields 98 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 300. The most recent cohort included 327 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 16 varsity sports Colgate reports, football sits at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program employs 12 coaches — 1 head coach and 11 assistants. Staffing-wise, 10 are full-time and 2 part-time. At the helm is Curt Fitzpatrick.
Among the school’s 16 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 Colgate men’s football program reported $8,439,552 in revenue against $8,439,552 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $11,028 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,080,792 per team.
Against the school’s 16 sports, football sits #1 by revenue, accounting for 21% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 989 (990 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 96%. It retained 98% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Against the school’s average team APR of 994, football trails the average at 989.
When Colgate places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we note it here. College Factual’s sports rankings weigh both athletics and academics.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.