by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Football at University of South Florida, a fall sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. USF Tampa plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of American Conference.
Use the links below to jump straight to any section:
The USF Tampa men’s football team fields 130 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 343. Academic data covers 435 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 14 varsity sports USF Tampa sponsors, football comes in at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program employs 12 coaches — 1 head coach and 11 assistants. Of those, 12 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Alex Golesh.
Among the school’s 14 sports, football sits #1 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The USF Tampa men’s football program generated $33,352,743 in revenue against $33,352,743 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $69,016 in operating expense per athlete, or $8,972,078 per team.
Among the school’s 14 sports, football sits #1 by revenue, accounting for 27% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 965 (979 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 83%. Year over year, it held onto 97% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Against the school’s average team APR of 989, football trails the average at 965.
If USF Tampa places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we note it here. Our sports rankings reward schools that excel on the field and in the classroom.
If we don’t have data on a particular metric for this sport, it won’t appear above.