by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Football at The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. UT Chattanooga competes in NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Southern Conference.
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The UT Chattanooga men’s football team lists 117 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 314. The most recent cohort included 354 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 12 varsity sports UT Chattanooga reports, football comes in at #1 by total roster size.
The men’s football program carries 11 coaches — 1 head coach and 10 assistants. Staffing-wise, 11 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Rusty Wright.
Among the school’s 12 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 UT Chattanooga men’s football program brought in $6,543,957 in revenue against $6,543,957 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $6,654 in operating expense per athlete, or $778,492 per team.
Among the school’s 12 sports, football sits #1 by revenue, or about 25% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 970 (942 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 70%. It retained 93% of its athletes, with 95% remaining academically eligible.
Against the school’s average team APR of 985, football lands below the pack at 970.
If UT Chattanooga 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.