by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Football at University of Utah, a fall sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. U of U plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big 12 Conference.
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The U of U men’s football team carries 126 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 373. The most recent cohort included 442 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 17 varsity sports U of U reports, football comes in at #1 by total roster size.
The men’s football program employs 11 coaches — 1 head coach and 10 assistants. Of those, 11 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Vacant.
Among the school’s 17 sports, football sits #3 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The U of U men’s football program brought in $95,930,953 in revenue against $41,410,554 in expenses, for a surplus of $54,520,399. This comes to about $53,547 in operating expense per athlete, or $6,746,923 per team.
Against the school’s 17 sports, football ranks #1 by revenue, or about 77% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 976 (988 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 93%. It retained 98% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 985, football lands below the pack at 976.
If U of U places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. College Factual’s sports rankings weigh both athletics and academics.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.