by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Football at University of Virginia-Main Campus, a fall sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. University of Virginia competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Atlantic Coast Conference.
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The University of Virginia men’s football team lists 127 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 358. The NCAA tracked 410 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 18 varsity sports University of Virginia sponsors, football comes in at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program carries 11 coaches — 1 head coach and 10 assistants. Staffing-wise, 11 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Tony Elliott.
Among the school’s 18 sports, football ranks #4 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The University of Virginia men’s football program generated $51,441,991 in revenue against $33,611,796 in expenses, for a surplus of $17,830,195. That works out to about $47,552 in operating expense per athlete, or $6,039,075 per team.
Against the school’s 18 sports, football sits #1 by revenue, accounting for 34% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 976 (972 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 95%. The program kept 96% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 992, football trails the average at 976.
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