by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Football at East Tennessee State University, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. ETSU competes in NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Southern Conference.
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The ETSU men’s football team fields 107 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 277. Academic data covers 337 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 13 varsity sports ETSU sponsors, football ranks #1 by total roster size.
The men’s football program is staffed by 17 coaches — 1 head coach and 16 assistants. In all, 13 work full-time and 4 part-time. At the helm is Will Healy.
Across the school’s 13 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 ETSU men’s football program generated $5,040,907 in revenue against $5,040,907 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $7,148 in operating expense per athlete, or $764,817 per team.
Against the school’s 13 sports, football sits #1 by revenue, or about 23% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 947 (949 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 76%. The program kept 94% of its athletes, with 96% remaining academically eligible.
Against the school’s average team APR of 981, football lands below the pack at 947.
If ETSU 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.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.