by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Football at Western Kentucky University, a fall sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. WKU is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Conference USA.
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The WKU men’s football team fields 112 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 371. The NCAA tracked 429 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 11 varsity sports WKU sponsors, football comes in at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program carries 15 coaches — 1 head coach and 14 assistants. Of those, 12 are full-time and 3 part-time. At the helm is Tyson Helton.
Across the school’s 11 sports, football sits #1 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The WKU men’s football program brought in $11,040,244 in revenue against $11,040,244 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $30,173 in operating expense per athlete, or $3,379,407 per team.
Among the school’s 11 sports, football sits #1 by revenue, accounting for 35% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 986 (962 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 84%. Year over year, it held onto 96% of its athletes, with 96% remaining academically eligible.
Against the school’s average team APR of 989, football sits below average at 986.
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