by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Football at Washington State University, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Wazzu is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Pac-12 Conference.
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The Wazzu men’s football team fields 124 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 357. The most recent cohort included 434 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 12 varsity sports Wazzu sponsors, football ranks #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program is staffed by 15 coaches — 1 head coach and 14 assistants. In all, 11 work full-time and 4 part-time. Leading the program is Vacant.
Across the school’s 12 sports, football ranks #1 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Wazzu men’s football program generated $38,831,529 in revenue against $22,896,016 in expenses, a net profit of $15,935,513. Per athlete, that is about $34,497 in operating expense per athlete, or $4,277,675 per team.
Against the school’s 12 sports, football ranks #1 by revenue, accounting for 47% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 964 (963 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 80%. Year over year, it held onto 95% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
Against the school’s average team APR of 988, football trails the average at 964.
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