by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Football at Elon University, a fall sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Elon is classified as NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Coastal Athletic Association.
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The Elon men’s football team lists 109 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 276. The NCAA tracked 333 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 12 varsity sports Elon sponsors, football ranks #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program is staffed by 13 coaches — 1 head coach and 12 assistants. Staffing-wise, 11 are full-time and 2 part-time. The head coach is Tony Trisciani.
Across the school’s 12 sports, football sits #1 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Elon men’s football program reported $7,714,488 in revenue against $7,714,488 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $7,688 in operating expense per athlete, or $838,035 per team.
Among the school’s 12 sports, football ranks #1 by revenue, accounting for 20% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 993 (988 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 91%. Year over year, it held onto 98% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 994, football trails the average at 993.
When Elon earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, we note it here. College Factual’s sports rankings weigh both athletics and academics.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.