by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Football at University of Southern Mississippi, a fall sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Southern Miss is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Sun Belt Conference.
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The Southern Miss men’s football team carries 113 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 369. The NCAA tracked 456 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 14 varsity sports Southern Miss sponsors, football comes in at #1 by total roster size.
The men’s football program employs 27 coaches — 1 head coach and 26 assistants. In all, 13 work full-time and 14 part-time. The head coach is Blake Anderson.
Among the school’s 14 sports, football sits #1 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Southern Miss men’s football program reported $11,033,253 in revenue against $11,033,253 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $17,484 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,975,712 per team.
Among the school’s 14 sports, football sits #1 by revenue, accounting for 35% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 933 (945 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 71%. It retained 95% of its athletes, with 94% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 980, football trails the average at 933.
When Southern Miss places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we note it here. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.