by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Football at The University of Alabama, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. UA competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Southeastern Conference.
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The UA men’s football team lists 132 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 392. The most recent cohort included 442 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 15 varsity sports UA reports, football comes in at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program carries 11 coaches — 1 head coach and 10 assistants. Of those, 11 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Kalen DeBoer.
Among the school’s 15 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 UA men’s football program brought in $146,325,227 in revenue against $81,502,191 in expenses, a net profit of $64,823,036. This comes to about $102,040 in operating expense per athlete, or $13,469,329 per team.
Against the school’s 15 sports, football ranks #1 by revenue, accounting for 60% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (990 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 98%. It retained 98% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Against the school’s average team APR of 994, football sits above average at 1000.
If UA places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.