by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Football at Nicholls State University, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Nicholls State University is classified as NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Southland Conference.
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The Nicholls State University men’s football team fields 131 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 319. Academic data covers 321 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 12 varsity sports Nicholls State University sponsors, football sits at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program is staffed by 10 coaches — 1 head coach and 9 assistants. Staffing-wise, 10 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Thomas Rybacki.
Across the school’s 12 sports, football sits #1 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Nicholls State University men’s football program reported $3,522,917 in revenue against $3,406,656 in expenses, for a surplus of $116,261. That works out to about $5,122 in operating expense per athlete, or $670,945 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 943 (945 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 80%. The program kept 96% of its athletes, with 92% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 971, football trails the average at 943.
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