by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Football at McNeese State University, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. McNeese plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Southland Conference.
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The McNeese men’s football team lists 117 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 350. Academic data covers 355 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 12 varsity sports McNeese sponsors, football comes in at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program carries 14 coaches — 1 head coach and 13 assistants. Staffing-wise, 0 work full-time and 14 part-time. At the helm is Matt Viator.
Across the school’s 12 sports, football ranks #1 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The McNeese men’s football program brought in $5,260,577 in revenue against $5,260,577 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $538 in operating expense per athlete, or $62,959 per team.
Against the school’s 12 sports, football sits #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 960 (919 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 66%. It retained 94% of its athletes, with 89% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 979, football sits below average at 960.
When McNeese earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. College Factual’s sports rankings weigh both athletics and academics.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.