by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Football at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. UIUC is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big Ten Conference.
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The UIUC men’s football team lists 119 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 350. The most recent cohort included 439 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 15 varsity sports UIUC reports, football sits at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program employs 11 coaches — 1 head coach and 10 assistants. Staffing-wise, 11 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Bret Bielema.
Across the school’s 15 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 UIUC men’s football program reported $87,939,659 in revenue against $48,001,399 in expenses, for a surplus of $39,938,260. This comes to about $73,757 in operating expense per athlete, or $8,777,025 per team.
Among the school’s 15 sports, football sits #1 by revenue, accounting for 50% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 973 (970 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 79%. The program kept 97% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 991, football lands below the pack at 973.
When UIUC 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.
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