by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Football at Ferris State University, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Ferris plays at the level of Other as a member of Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
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The Ferris men’s football team carries 143 student athletes.
Among the 11 varsity sports Ferris sponsors, football sits at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program is staffed by 8 coaches — 1 head coach and 7 assistants. In all, 8 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Anthony Annese.
Among the school’s 11 sports, football sits #1 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Ferris men’s football program brought in $3,121,454 in revenue against $3,121,454 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $5,742 in operating expense per athlete, or $821,133 per team.
Against the school’s 11 sports, football ranks #1 by revenue, or about 23% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
When Ferris places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. College Factual’s sports rankings weigh both athletics and academics.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.