by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Football at Michigan State University, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Michigan State is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big Ten Conference.
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The Michigan State men’s football team lists 119 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 378. The NCAA tracked 422 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 17 varsity sports Michigan State sponsors, football sits at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program employs 16 coaches — 1 head coach and 15 assistants. Of those, 16 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Pat Fitzgerald.
Among the school’s 17 sports, football sits #1 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Michigan State men’s football program reported $77,084,648 in revenue against $48,227,813 in expenses, a net profit of $28,856,835. This comes to about $52,767 in operating expense per athlete, or $6,279,232 per team.
Against the school’s 17 sports, football sits #1 by revenue, or about 48% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 967 (952 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 76%. The program kept 95% of its athletes, with 95% remaining academically eligible.
Against the school’s average team APR of 991, football lands below the pack at 967.
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