by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Football at University of Houston, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. UH plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big 12 Conference.
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The UH men’s football team fields 119 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 367. The most recent cohort included 431 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 13 varsity sports UH reports, football ranks #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program employs 11 coaches — 1 head coach and 10 assistants. Staffing-wise, 11 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Willie Fritz.
Among the school’s 13 sports, football sits #2 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UH men’s football program generated $23,271,364 in revenue against $23,271,364 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $27,349 in operating expense per athlete, or $3,254,511 per team.
Among the school’s 13 sports, football ranks #1 by revenue, or about 23% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 954 (961 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 73%. Year over year, it held onto 96% of its athletes, with 96% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 984, football sits below average at 954.
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