by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Football at Iowa State University, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Iowa State is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big 12 Conference.
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The Iowa State men’s football team lists 135 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 393. The NCAA tracked 413 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 14 varsity sports Iowa State reports, football ranks #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program employs 11 coaches — 1 head coach and 10 assistants. In all, 11 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Jimmy Rogers.
Among the school’s 14 sports, football sits #3 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Iowa State men’s football program brought in $60,744,404 in revenue against $32,337,385 in expenses, for a surplus of $28,407,019. Per athlete, that is about $49,623 in operating expense per athlete, or $6,699,070 per team.
Against the school’s 14 sports, football ranks #1 by revenue, or about 58% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 992 (979 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 95%. It retained 96% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 991, football grades out ahead at 992.
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