by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Football at College of the Holy Cross, a fall sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Holy Cross is classified as NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Patriot League.
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The Holy Cross men’s football team lists 100 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 291. The NCAA tracked 315 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 17 varsity sports Holy Cross sponsors, football comes in at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program employs 11 coaches — 1 head coach and 10 assistants. In all, 9 work full-time and 2 part-time. At the helm is Dan Curran.
Across the school’s 17 sports, football ranks #1 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Holy Cross men’s football program brought in $7,982,341 in revenue against $7,982,341 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $9,730 in operating expense per athlete, or $972,969 per team.
Against the school’s 17 sports, football sits #1 by revenue, accounting for 23% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 984 (987 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 91%. The program kept 98% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 996, football trails the average at 984.
When Holy Cross 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.
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