by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Football at Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Penn State University Park is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big Ten Conference.
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The Penn State University Park men’s football team lists 130 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 384. The NCAA tracked 403 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 19 varsity sports Penn State University Park reports, football ranks #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program carries 11 coaches — 1 head coach and 10 assistants. Of those, 11 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is James Franklin.
Among the school’s 19 sports, football ranks #3 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Penn State University Park men’s football program generated $150,314,572 in revenue against $77,386,097 in expenses, netting $72,928,475. This comes to about $179,997 in operating expense per athlete, or $23,399,612 per team.
Against the school’s 19 sports, football sits #1 by revenue, accounting for 59% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 957 (982 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 85%. The program kept 98% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 989, football lands below the pack at 957.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.