by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Football at Kent State University at Kent, a fall sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Kent State plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Mid-American Conference.
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The Kent State men’s football team carries 110 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 344. The NCAA tracked 395 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 14 varsity sports Kent State reports, football comes in at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program is staffed by 10 coaches — 1 head coach and 9 assistants. Of those, 10 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Mark Carney.
Among the school’s 14 sports, football sits #1 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Kent State men’s football program generated $10,351,311 in revenue against $10,351,311 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $28,702 in operating expense per athlete, or $3,157,181 per team.
Among the school’s 14 sports, football ranks #1 by revenue, or about 28% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 961 (974 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 86%. It retained 96% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 989, football trails the average at 961.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.