by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Football at University of Missouri-Columbia, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Mizzou competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Southeastern Conference.
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The Mizzou men’s football team carries 122 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 371. Academic data covers 435 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 15 varsity sports Mizzou reports, football comes in at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program carries 11 coaches — 1 head coach and 10 assistants. Of those, 11 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Eliah Drinkwitz.
Among the school’s 15 sports, football ranks #4 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Mizzou men’s football program reported $53,301,146 in revenue against $49,316,139 in expenses, netting $3,985,007. Per athlete, that is about $59,839 in operating expense per athlete, or $7,300,308 per team.
Against the school’s 15 sports, football sits #1 by revenue, accounting for 29% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 990 (973 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 80%. Year over year, it held onto 95% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Against the school’s average team APR of 994, football trails the average at 990.
When Mizzou places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, you’ll see it called out. College Factual’s sports rankings weigh both athletics and academics.
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