by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Football at Grinnell College, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Grinnell competes in NCAA Division III with football as a member of Midwest Conference.
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The Grinnell men’s football team carries 60 athletes.
Of the 14 varsity sports Grinnell sponsors, football sits at #4 by total roster size.
The men’s football program is staffed by 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. In all, 1 work full-time and 5 part-time. Leading the program is Brent Barnes.
Among the school’s 14 sports, football ranks #3 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Grinnell men’s football program brought in $456,652 in revenue against $456,652 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $1,746 in operating expense per athlete, or $104,738 per team.
Against the school’s 14 sports, football sits #1 by revenue, accounting for 10% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
When Grinnell places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, you’ll see it called out. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
If we don’t have data on a particular metric for this sport, it won’t appear above.