by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Football at Northern Illinois University, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. NIU is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Mid-American Conference.
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The NIU men’s football team carries 143 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 390. The most recent cohort included 432 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 14 varsity sports NIU sponsors, football sits at #1 by total roster size.
The men’s football program carries 11 coaches — 1 head coach and 10 assistants. Of those, 11 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Thomas Hammock.
Across the school’s 14 sports, football sits #1 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The NIU men’s football program reported $13,249,127 in revenue against $13,199,127 in expenses, for a surplus of $50,000. That works out to about $10,195 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,457,878 per team.
Among the school’s 14 sports, football sits #1 by revenue, or about 39% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 974 (962 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 84%. The program kept 96% of its athletes, with 96% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 985, football sits below average at 974.
When NIU places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. College Factual’s sports rankings weigh both athletics and academics.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.