by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Football at The University of Tennessee-Knoxville, a fall sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. UT Knoxville competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Southeastern Conference.
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The UT Knoxville men’s football team carries 123 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 373. Academic data covers 414 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 14 varsity sports UT Knoxville sponsors, football comes in at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program employs 11 coaches — 1 head coach and 10 assistants. Of those, 11 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Josh Heupel.
Across the school’s 14 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 UT Knoxville men’s football program brought in $162,539,638 in revenue against $61,240,437 in expenses, for a surplus of $101,299,201. This comes to about $57,236 in operating expense per athlete, or $7,040,028 per team.
Among the school’s 14 sports, football sits #1 by revenue, accounting for 57% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 977 (967 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 79%. The program kept 97% of its athletes, with 96% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 991, football sits below average at 977.
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