by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Football at Villanova University, a fall sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Villanova is classified as NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of BIG EAST Conference.
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The Villanova men’s football team lists 96 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 261. Academic data covers 299 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 17 varsity sports Villanova reports, football sits at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program is staffed by 15 coaches — 1 head coach and 14 assistants. In all, 9 are full-time and 6 part-time. Leading the program is Mark Ferrante.
Across the school’s 17 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 Villanova men’s football program reported $8,800,183 in revenue against $8,800,183 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $10,769 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,033,777 per team.
Among the school’s 17 sports, football ranks #2 by revenue, or about 13% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 986 (983 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 95%. It retained 98% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 996, football sits below average at 986.
If Villanova earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, we note it here. College Factual’s sports rankings weigh both athletics and academics.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.