by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Football at Western Colorado University, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Western plays at the level of NCAA Division II with football as a member of Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.
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The Western men’s football team fields 147 student athletes.
Among the 12 varsity sports Western reports, football sits at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program is staffed by 10 coaches — 1 head coach and 9 assistants. Of those, 6 work full-time and 4 part-time. The head coach is Jas Bains.
Across the school’s 12 sports, football ranks #1 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Western men’s football program brought in $2,121,742 in revenue against $2,121,742 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $1,651 in operating expense per athlete, or $242,634 per team.
Among the school’s 12 sports, football sits #1 by revenue, or about 25% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
When Western places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we note it here. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
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