by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Football at University of Georgia, a fall sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. UGA plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Southeastern Conference.
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The UGA men’s football team fields 135 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 402. The most recent cohort included 435 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 15 varsity sports UGA sponsors, football ranks #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program is staffed by 11 coaches — 1 head coach and 10 assistants. In all, 11 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Kirby Smart.
Among the school’s 15 sports, football sits #3 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UGA men’s football program reported $149,285,887 in revenue against $71,107,704 in expenses, for a surplus of $78,178,183. Per athlete, that is about $93,222 in operating expense per athlete, or $12,584,933 per team.
Against the school’s 15 sports, football ranks #1 by revenue, or about 64% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 982 (969 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 58%. The program kept 96% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 989, football sits below average at 982.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.