by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Football at Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus, a fall sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Georgia Tech competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Atlantic Coast Conference.
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The Georgia Tech men’s football team lists 120 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 362. Academic data covers 461 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 12 varsity sports Georgia Tech sponsors, football ranks #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program is staffed by 11 coaches — 1 head coach and 10 assistants. Staffing-wise, 11 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Brent Key.
Across the school’s 12 sports, football ranks #2 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Georgia Tech men’s football program brought in $70,541,041 in revenue against $42,709,508 in expenses, a net profit of $27,831,533. That works out to about $96,658 in operating expense per athlete, or $11,598,968 per team.
Against the school’s 12 sports, football sits #1 by revenue, accounting for 50% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 977 (978 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 93%. Year over year, it held onto 97% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 992, football trails the average at 977.
When Georgia Tech places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.