by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Football at University of Nevada-Las Vegas, a fall sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. UNLV competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Mountain West Conference.
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The UNLV men’s football team fields 113 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 345. The most recent cohort included 446 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 13 varsity sports UNLV sponsors, football comes in at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program carries 11 coaches — 1 head coach and 10 assistants. In all, 11 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Dan Mullen.
Across the school’s 13 sports, football ranks #1 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UNLV men’s football program generated $24,707,431 in revenue against $20,854,643 in expenses, for a surplus of $3,852,788. That works out to about $45,978 in operating expense per athlete, or $5,195,487 per team.
Against the school’s 13 sports, football sits #1 by revenue, or about 32% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 978 (964 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 88%. The program kept 95% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
Against the school’s average team APR of 984, football sits below average at 978.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.