by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Football at Colorado State University-Fort Collins, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Colorado State competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Mountain West Conference.
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The Colorado State men’s football team lists 108 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 359. The NCAA tracked 410 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 12 varsity sports Colorado State sponsors, football ranks #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program employs 18 coaches — 1 head coach and 17 assistants. Staffing-wise, 11 work full-time and 7 part-time. At the helm is Jim Mora.
Among the school’s 12 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 Colorado State men’s football program generated $21,007,541 in revenue against $21,007,541 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $59,730 in operating expense per athlete, or $6,450,853 per team.
Against the school’s 12 sports, football sits #1 by revenue, or about 38% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 962 (954 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 74%. Year over year, it held onto 95% of its athletes, with 95% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 990, football trails the average at 962.
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