by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Football at Jacksonville State University, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Jacksonville State University is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Conference USA.
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The Jacksonville State University men’s football team fields 158 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 354. Academic data covers 377 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 15 varsity sports Jacksonville State University sponsors, football ranks #1 by total roster size.
The men’s football program employs 11 coaches — 1 head coach and 10 assistants. Staffing-wise, 10 work full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Charles Kelly.
Across the school’s 15 sports, football ranks #1 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Jacksonville State University men’s football program generated $14,998,859 in revenue against $14,998,859 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $8,491 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,341,543 per team.
Among the school’s 15 sports, football sits #1 by revenue, or about 43% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 933 (961 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 78%. It retained 96% of its athletes, with 95% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 975, football lands below the pack at 933.
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