by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Football at Syracuse University, a fall sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Syracuse competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Atlantic Coast Conference.
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The Syracuse men’s football team fields 124 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 362. The most recent cohort included 409 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 13 varsity sports Syracuse reports, football sits at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program employs 11 coaches — 1 head coach and 10 assistants. In all, 11 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Francis Brown.
Among the school’s 13 sports, football sits #2 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Syracuse men’s football program reported $64,585,287 in revenue against $42,090,055 in expenses, a net profit of $22,495,232. Per athlete, that is about $50,504 in operating expense per athlete, or $6,262,473 per team.
Against the school’s 13 sports, football sits #1 by revenue, accounting for 53% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 970 (965 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 77%. It retained 97% of its athletes, with 96% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 990, football lands below the pack at 970.
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