by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Football at Northwestern University, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Northwestern competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big Ten Conference.
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The Northwestern men’s football team carries 109 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 381. The most recent cohort included 390 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 16 varsity sports Northwestern reports, football ranks #1 by total roster size.
The men’s football program employs 15 coaches — 1 head coach and 14 assistants. Of those, 15 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is David Braun.
Across the school’s 16 sports, football sits #2 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Northwestern men’s football program generated $85,587,606 in revenue against $37,901,761 in expenses, netting $47,685,845. This comes to about $33,877 in operating expense per athlete, or $3,692,626 per team.
Among the school’s 16 sports, football sits #1 by revenue, accounting for 65% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 993 (995 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 99%. Year over year, it held onto 100% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Against the school’s average team APR of 996, football sits below average at 993.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.