by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Football at University of Central Arkansas, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. UCA competes in NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Atlantic Sun Conference.
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The UCA men’s football team lists 165 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 365. The most recent cohort included 407 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 13 varsity sports UCA reports, football sits at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program employs 13 coaches — 1 head coach and 12 assistants. Staffing-wise, 11 are full-time and 2 part-time. The head coach is Nathan Brown.
Across the school’s 13 sports, football ranks #1 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UCA men’s football program brought in $4,370,247 in revenue against $4,370,247 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $5,367 in operating expense per athlete, or $885,495 per team.
Among the school’s 13 sports, football sits #1 by revenue, accounting for 25% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 940 (965 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 84%. The program kept 96% of its athletes, with 96% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 984, football lands below the pack at 940.
When UCA earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
If we don’t have data on a particular metric for this sport, it won’t appear above.