by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Football at Towson University, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Towson plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Coastal Athletic Association.
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The Towson men’s football team lists 106 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 297. The NCAA tracked 318 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 16 varsity sports Towson sponsors, football sits at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program employs 11 coaches — 1 head coach and 10 assistants. Staffing-wise, 11 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Peter Shinnick.
Among the school’s 16 sports, football sits #1 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Towson men’s football program brought in $5,646,644 in revenue against $5,646,644 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $8,217 in operating expense per athlete, or $870,971 per team.
Among the school’s 16 sports, football sits #1 by revenue, or about 19% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 938 (969 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 74%. The program kept 96% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 984, football lands below the pack at 938.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.