by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Football at University of Rhode Island, a fall sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. URI competes in NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Atlantic 10 Conference.
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The URI men’s football team fields 100 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 271. The NCAA tracked 306 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 15 varsity sports URI sponsors, football comes in at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program carries 16 coaches — 1 head coach and 15 assistants. In all, 9 are full-time and 7 part-time. At the helm is Jim Fleming.
Among the school’s 15 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 URI men’s football program generated $6,882,246 in revenue against $6,882,246 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $16,062 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,606,230 per team.
Among the school’s 15 sports, football ranks #2 by revenue, accounting for 16% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 963 (976 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 95%. The program kept 97% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 988, football trails the average at 963.
If URI earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. Our sports rankings reward schools that excel on the field and in the classroom.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.