by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Football at University of California-Los Angeles, a fall sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. UCLA competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big Ten Conference.
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The UCLA men’s football team fields 121 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 376. The most recent cohort included 427 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 17 varsity sports UCLA reports, football ranks #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. The head coach is Bob Chesney.
Among the school’s 17 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 UCLA men’s football program reported $55,205,071 in revenue against $55,205,071 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $69,760 in operating expense per athlete, or $8,440,938 per team.
Among the school’s 17 sports, football ranks #1 by revenue, accounting for 32% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 961 (944 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 80%. Year over year, it held onto 95% of its athletes, with 93% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 988, football trails the average at 961.
When UCLA earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. College Factual’s sports rankings weigh both athletics and academics.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.