by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Football at University of Notre Dame, a fall sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Notre Dame plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Atlantic Coast Conference.
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The Notre Dame men’s football team fields 124 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 372. Academic data covers 431 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 17 varsity sports Notre Dame sponsors, football comes in at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program carries 18 coaches — 1 head coach and 17 assistants. In all, 11 are full-time and 7 part-time. At the helm is Marcus Freeman.
Across the school’s 17 sports, football ranks #1 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Notre Dame men’s football program reported $195,723,436 in revenue against $93,255,797 in expenses, netting $102,467,639. Per athlete, that is about $315,792 in operating expense per athlete, or $39,158,153 per team.
Against the school’s 17 sports, football ranks #1 by revenue, or about 68% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 994 (970 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 98%. Year over year, it held onto 98% of its athletes, with 95% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 998, football trails the average at 994.
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