by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Football at Lafayette College, a fall sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Lafayette is classified as NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Patriot League.
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The Lafayette men’s football team lists 104 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 257. Academic data covers 270 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 16 varsity sports Lafayette reports, football comes in at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program is staffed by 11 coaches — 1 head coach and 10 assistants. Staffing-wise, 11 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is John Troxell (Interim).
Across the school’s 16 sports, football sits #2 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Lafayette men’s football program brought in $8,597,500 in revenue against $8,597,500 in expenses, breaking even on the year. Per athlete, that is about $7,167 in operating expense per athlete, or $745,389 per team.
Against the school’s 16 sports, football sits #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 989 (987 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 93%. Year over year, it held onto 98% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Against the school’s average team APR of 997, football lands below the pack at 989.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.