by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Football at Western Illinois University, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. WIU is classified as NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Ohio Valley Conference.
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The WIU men’s football team fields 114 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 335. The most recent cohort included 351 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 13 varsity sports WIU sponsors, football comes in at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program employs 15 coaches — 1 head coach and 14 assistants. In all, 10 work full-time and 5 part-time. Leading the program is Joe Davis.
Across the school’s 13 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 WIU men’s football program reported $3,514,501 in revenue against $3,514,501 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $843 in operating expense per athlete, or $96,073 per team.
Against the school’s 13 sports, football sits #1 by revenue, accounting for 24% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 928 (959 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 70%. Year over year, it held onto 95% of its athletes, with 96% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 975, football trails the average at 928.
If WIU places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, you’ll see it called out. College Factual’s sports rankings weigh both athletics and academics.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.