by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Football at Texas Christian University, a fall sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. TCU plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big 12 Conference.
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The TCU men’s football team fields 130 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 392. Academic data covers 442 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 16 varsity sports TCU sponsors, football ranks #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program carries 27 coaches — 1 head coach and 26 assistants. In all, 27 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Sonny Dykes.
Across the school’s 16 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 TCU men’s football program generated $59,568,339 in revenue against $59,568,339 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $79,322 in operating expense per athlete, or $10,311,920 per team.
Among the school’s 16 sports, football ranks #1 by revenue, accounting for 38% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 967 (959 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 68%. The program kept 95% of its athletes, with 96% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 981, football sits below average at 967.
When TCU places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, you’ll see it called out. Our sports rankings reward schools that excel on the field and in the classroom.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.