by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Football at University of Wyoming, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. UW competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Mountain West Conference.
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The UW men’s football team fields 117 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 336. Academic data covers 381 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 12 varsity sports UW reports, football comes in at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program is staffed by 15 coaches — 1 head coach and 14 assistants. Of those, 11 are full-time and 4 part-time. At the helm is Jay Sawvel.
Across the school’s 12 sports, football ranks #1 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UW men’s football program reported $16,630,620 in revenue against $13,091,901 in expenses, netting $3,538,719. That works out to about $13,073 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,529,517 per team.
Among the school’s 12 sports, football ranks #1 by revenue, or about 33% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 969 and a Graduation Success Rate of 85%. The program kept 94% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 990, football trails the average at 969.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.