by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Football at James Madison University, a fall sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. JMU plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Sun Belt Conference.
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The JMU men’s football team carries 121 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 355. The most recent cohort included 419 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 15 varsity sports JMU reports, football sits at #1 by total roster size.
The men’s football program carries 11 coaches — 1 head coach and 10 assistants. Of those, 11 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Vacant.
Among 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 JMU men’s football program generated $16,863,959 in revenue against $16,863,958 in expenses, for a surplus of $1. That works out to about $21,974 in operating expense per athlete, or $2,658,810 per team.
Among the school’s 15 sports, football ranks #1 by revenue, accounting for 25% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 981 (952 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 79%. The program kept 95% of its athletes, with 95% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 992, football sits below average at 981.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.