by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Football at Howard University, a fall sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Howard plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Mid-Eastern Athletic Conf..
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The Howard men’s football team carries 100 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 287. The most recent cohort included 270 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 14 varsity sports Howard sponsors, football sits at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program carries 13 coaches — 1 head coach and 12 assistants. Of those, 13 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Larry Scott.
Among the school’s 14 sports, football ranks #1 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Howard men’s football program brought in $5,468,305 in revenue against $5,468,306 in expenses, coming up short by $1. This comes to about $6,065 in operating expense per athlete, or $606,510 per team.
Against the school’s 14 sports, football ranks #1 by revenue, or about 21% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 951 (914 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 67%. The program kept 95% of its athletes, with 86% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 970, football trails the average at 951.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.