by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Football at Eastern Washington University, a fall sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. EWU competes in NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Big Sky Conference.
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The EWU men’s football team lists 132 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 335. Academic data covers 374 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 9 varsity sports EWU sponsors, football sits at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program is staffed by 16 coaches — 1 head coach and 15 assistants. Staffing-wise, 12 work full-time and 4 part-time. The head coach is Aaron Best.
Among the school’s 9 sports, football ranks #1 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The EWU men’s football program generated $6,621,753 in revenue against $6,621,753 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $15,379 in operating expense per athlete, or $2,029,990 per team.
Among the school’s 9 sports, football ranks #1 by revenue, or about 30% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 952 (963 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 74%. It retained 95% of its athletes, with 95% remaining academically eligible.
Against the school’s average team APR of 976, football sits below average at 952.
When EWU earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, we note it here. 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.