by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Football at Furman University, a fall sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Furman is classified as NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Southern Conference.
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The Furman men’s football team carries 126 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 314. Academic data covers 315 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 12 varsity sports Furman sponsors, football ranks #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program is staffed by 17 coaches — 1 head coach and 16 assistants. Of those, 13 work full-time and 4 part-time. The head coach is Clay Hendrix.
Among the school’s 12 sports, football sits #1 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Furman men’s football program brought in $8,446,378 in revenue against $8,446,378 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $6,536 in operating expense per athlete, or $823,570 per team.
Among the school’s 12 sports, football sits #1 by revenue, accounting for 26% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 985 (978 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 93%. The program kept 97% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 994, football lands below the pack at 985.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.