by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Football at University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. U-M plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big Ten Conference.
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The U-M men’s football team lists 139 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 395. The NCAA tracked 422 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 20 varsity sports U-M sponsors, football sits at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program carries 14 coaches — 1 head coach and 13 assistants. Staffing-wise, 11 work full-time and 3 part-time. The head coach is Kyle Whittingham.
Among the school’s 20 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 U-M men’s football program generated $175,299,592 in revenue against $61,663,186 in expenses, a net profit of $113,636,406. Per athlete, that is about $63,794 in operating expense per athlete, or $8,867,426 per team.
Against the school’s 20 sports, football ranks #1 by revenue, accounting for 74% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 996 (980 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 89%. Year over year, it held onto 97% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 994, football grades out ahead at 996.
When U-M places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we note it here. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.