by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Football at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, a fall sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. SIUC plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Missouri Valley Conference.
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The SIUC men’s football team lists 105 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 348. Academic data covers 382 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 12 varsity sports SIUC sponsors, football ranks #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program employs 13 coaches — 1 head coach and 12 assistants. In all, 13 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Nick Hill.
Across the school’s 12 sports, football ranks #1 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The SIUC men’s football program reported $5,049,671 in revenue against $5,049,671 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $12,168 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,277,683 per team.
Among the school’s 12 sports, football sits #1 by revenue, or about 18% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 970 (971 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 87%. It retained 96% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 979, football trails the average at 970.
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