by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Football at West Virginia University, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. WVU competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big 12 Conference.
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The WVU men’s football team lists 127 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 387. Academic data covers 419 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 16 varsity sports WVU sponsors, football comes in at #1 by total roster size.
The men’s football program employs 19 coaches — 1 head coach and 18 assistants. Of those, 19 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Rich Rodriguez.
Across the school’s 16 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 WVU men’s football program reported $47,642,113 in revenue against $35,250,569 in expenses, netting $12,391,544. This comes to about $32,151 in operating expense per athlete, or $4,083,125 per team.
Against the school’s 16 sports, football ranks #1 by revenue, or about 41% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 978 (960 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 95%. It retained 95% of its athletes, with 96% remaining academically eligible.
Against the school’s average team APR of 990, football lands below the pack at 978.
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