by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Football at University of Iowa, a fall sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Iowa plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big Ten Conference.
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The Iowa men’s football team fields 131 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 361. Academic data covers 379 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 17 varsity sports Iowa sponsors, football sits at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program is staffed by 16 coaches — 1 head coach and 15 assistants. Staffing-wise, 11 are full-time and 5 part-time. At the helm is Kirk Ferentz.
Across the school’s 17 sports, football sits #1 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Iowa men’s football program reported $105,190,203 in revenue against $50,894,414 in expenses, for a surplus of $54,295,789. Per athlete, that is about $49,726 in operating expense per athlete, or $6,514,116 per team.
Against the school’s 17 sports, football sits #1 by revenue, accounting for 58% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 992 (971 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 76%. It retained 96% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 991, football grades out ahead at 992.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.