Gulf South

Conference
Presented By: Anaya Green-Finney, Emily McMillan, Ivan Ortiz,
Emily Richards & Michael Sanders
 To Football, or Not to Football?

Schools with Football (# of sports) Schools with No Football (# of sports)

- Delta State University (15)
- Mississippi College (15)
- Shorter University (20)
- Valdosta State University (12)
- University of West Alabama (19)
- University of West Florida (15)
- University of West Georgia (13)
- University of Alabama in Huntsville (16)
- Auburn University at Montgomery (11)
- Christian Brothers University (15)
- Lee University (17)
- University of Montevallo (16)
- University of Texas at Tyler (15)
- Union University (11)
Staff & Graduate Assistants (with Football)
School # of Staff # of Graduate Assistants

Delta State University 2 2

Mississippi College 3 1

Shorter University 1 0

Valdosta State University 1 2

University of West 2 0
Alabama

University of West Florida 3 3

University of West 3 1
Georgia
 Staff & Graduate Assistants (w/ out Football)
School # of Staff # of Graduate Assistants

University of Alabama in 2 0
Huntsville

Auburn University at 2 0
Montgomery

Christian Brothers 1 2
University

Lee University 2 0

University of Montevallo 2 0

University of Texas at Tyler 1 0

Union University 1 2
 Mo Money, Mo Problems

An in-depth look at the Sports

Communication/Information Staff
Total Salaries for each school that
has a football program
 Mo Money, Mo Problems (part 2)

An in-depth look at the Sports

Communication/Information Staff
Total Salaries for each school that
does not have a football program
Mo Money, Mo Problems (part 3)
Enrollment Totals for Schools with Football
Enrollment Totals for Schools without Football
 R-E-S-P-O-N-S-I-B-I-L-I-T-I-E-S: Find Out
What it Means to… Me?

1. Athletic Website Maintenance

2. Social Media Management

3. Press Releases

4. Game Day Operations

 Takeaway #1

Schools With Football Schools Without Football

Average # of Staff Members: 2.14 Average # of Staff Members: 1.57
Average # of Graduate Assistants: 1.29 Average # of Graduate Assistants: 0.57
# of Schools with Zero Graduate Assistants: 2 # of Schools with Zero Graduate Assistants: 5

Conclusion:

A school with a football program will on average have one-half more

communications staff members and have more than twice as many
graduate assistants.
 Takeaway #2

Schools With Football Schools Without Football

Average Department Salary: $88,397 Average Department Salary: $60,215

Conclusion:

Schools with a football program on average spend roughly $28,000 more on

their staff salaries than schools without a football program
 Takeaway #3

Schools With Football Schools Without Football

Average Salary of Department Leader: Average Salary of Department Leader:
$50,345 $44,752

Conclusion:

Schools with a football program spend about $5,600 more per year in salary
on the head of their sports info/comm department
 Takeaway #4

Schools With Football Schools Without Football

Average Total Enrollment: 7,513 Average Total Enrollment: 5,582
Average Total Enrollment when removing Average Total Enrollment when removing
the highest & lowest total: 7,534 the highest & lowest total: 3,826

Conclusion:

Schools with a football program on average have about 2,000 more students
enrolled compared to schools without a football program. Also, when you remove
the highest and lowest total enrollment on each calculation, the difference becomes
and average of about 3,700 more students enrolled at schools with football
 Takeaway #5

Average for School Without Football University of Texas at Tyler

# of Sports: 15
# of Staff Members: 1.57
# of Graduate Assistants: 0.57
Department Salary: $60,215
Salary of Department Leader: $44,752
Undergraduate Enrollment: 4,293
Total Enrollment: 5,582
# of Sports: 15
# of Staff Members: 1
# of Graduate Assistants: 0
Department Salary: $44,000
Salary of Department Leader: $44,000
Undergraduate Enrollment: 7,440
Total Enrollment: 10,400
The End.