by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Football at University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. UMN Twin Cities is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big Ten Conference.
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The UMN Twin Cities men’s football team carries 117 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 369. The NCAA tracked 436 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 17 varsity sports UMN Twin Cities reports, football comes in at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program employs 11 coaches — 1 head coach and 10 assistants. In all, 11 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is PJ Fleck.
Among the school’s 17 sports, football sits #3 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UMN Twin Cities men’s football program brought in $101,726,085 in revenue against $45,452,693 in expenses, for a surplus of $56,273,392. This comes to about $63,295 in operating expense per athlete, or $7,405,502 per team.
Among the school’s 17 sports, football ranks #1 by revenue, accounting for 65% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 995 (980 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 87%. It retained 97% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Against the school’s average team APR of 993, football comes in above the pack at 995.
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