by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Football at Lehigh University, a fall sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Lehigh competes in NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Patriot League.
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The Lehigh men’s football team lists 98 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 306. The most recent cohort included 274 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 17 varsity sports Lehigh reports, football comes in at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program carries 11 coaches — 1 head coach and 10 assistants. Staffing-wise, 11 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Vacant.
Among the school’s 17 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 Lehigh men’s football program reported $7,670,473 in revenue against $7,670,473 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $12,193 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,194,943 per team.
Against the school’s 17 sports, football ranks #1 by revenue, or about 17% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 983 (972 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 91%. The program kept 98% of its athletes, with 96% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 995, football trails the average at 983.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.