by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Football at Marshall University, a fall sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Marshall University plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Sun Belt Conference.
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The Marshall University men’s football team lists 118 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 360. The most recent cohort included 461 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 13 varsity sports Marshall University sponsors, 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 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Tony Gibson.
Across the school’s 13 sports, football ranks #2 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Marshall University men’s football program reported $13,569,649 in revenue against $13,569,649 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $30,252 in operating expense per athlete, or $3,569,751 per team.
Against the school’s 13 sports, football sits #1 by revenue, accounting for 29% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 949 (951 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 89%. It retained 95% of its athletes, with 95% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 981, football trails the average at 949.
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