by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Football at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Virginia Tech is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Atlantic Coast Conference.
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The Virginia Tech men’s football team fields 124 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 376. The NCAA tracked 439 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 15 varsity sports Virginia Tech reports, football ranks #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program employs 11 coaches — 1 head coach and 10 assistants. Staffing-wise, 11 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Brent Pry.
Across the school’s 15 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 Virginia Tech men’s football program generated $79,735,756 in revenue against $37,803,976 in expenses, a net profit of $41,931,780. That works out to about $85,067 in operating expense per athlete, or $10,548,247 per team.
Against the school’s 15 sports, football sits #1 by revenue, accounting for 53% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 980 (958 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 85%. Year over year, it held onto 96% of its athletes, with 95% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 984, football sits below average at 980.
When Virginia Tech 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.