by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Football at University of Colorado Boulder, a fall sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. CU - Boulder plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big 12 Conference.
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The CU - Boulder men’s football team carries 118 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 373. The most recent cohort included 439 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 11 varsity sports CU - Boulder sponsors, football comes in at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program employs 14 coaches — 1 head coach and 13 assistants. In all, 11 work full-time and 3 part-time. Leading the program is Deion Sanders.
Among the school’s 11 sports, football ranks #2 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The CU - Boulder men’s football program brought in $69,306,235 in revenue against $42,805,019 in expenses, for a surplus of $26,501,216. This comes to about $86,145 in operating expense per athlete, or $10,165,130 per team.
Against the school’s 11 sports, football sits #1 by revenue, accounting for 43% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 959 (955 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 87%. Year over year, it held onto 95% of its athletes, with 95% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 989, football trails the average at 959.
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