by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Football at University of South Carolina-Columbia, a fall sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. UofSC is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Southeastern Conference.
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The UofSC men’s football team carries 119 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 380. The most recent cohort included 450 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 15 varsity sports UofSC reports, football comes in at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program is staffed by 11 coaches — 1 head coach and 10 assistants. Staffing-wise, 11 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Shane Beamer.
Across the school’s 15 sports, football sits #3 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UofSC men’s football program reported $76,513,171 in revenue against $55,859,501 in expenses, netting $20,653,670. Per athlete, that is about $36,798 in operating expense per athlete, or $4,378,958 per team.
Against the school’s 15 sports, football ranks #1 by revenue, or about 37% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 976 (967 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 96%. The program kept 96% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 988, football lands below the pack at 976.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.