by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Football at University of South Alabama, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. USA is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Sun Belt Conference.
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The USA men’s football team fields 122 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 368. Academic data covers 404 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 12 varsity sports USA sponsors, football ranks #1 by total roster size.
The men’s football program carries 14 coaches — 1 head coach and 13 assistants. Of those, 11 work full-time and 3 part-time. At the helm is Major Applewhite.
Across the school’s 12 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 USA men’s football program generated $13,486,171 in revenue against $13,932,976 in expenses, running a deficit of $446,805. This comes to about $16,434 in operating expense per athlete, or $2,005,002 per team.
Against the school’s 12 sports, football sits #1 by revenue, or about 41% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 967 (955 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 84%. It retained 97% of its athletes, with 93% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 984, football lands below the pack at 967.
When USA places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we note it here. College Factual’s sports rankings weigh both athletics and academics.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.