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Division II · Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference

Black Hills State University Football

Spearfish, SD · the Yellow Jackets · Black Hills State University overview
125
Roster
2024–25 season
$1.7M
Team budget
50th percentile in Division II
$13,845
Per roster spot
median $14,113
11
Coaches
1 head · 10 assistant
94%
Admitted
lower half for selectivity

Black Hills State University fields a football team in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (NCAA Division II). In 2024–25 the roster carried 125 players, about the median of 128, with 1 head coach and 10 assistants. Team expenses were $1,730,741, about the median of $1.7M — $13,845 per roster spot, lower half of Division II football programs. The school gave $938,433 in athletic aid across its men's teams, about $3,541 per roster spot.

Among Division II football programs

Where this program sits against its 158 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).

Team budget$1.7M
Spend per player$13,845
Roster size125
Coaching staff11

Team budgets across the division

$550k$6.6M
this programevery Division II football program

Roster sizes

69316
this programevery Division II roster

The program

  • Roster125 2024–25 season
  • Coaching staff1 head, 10 assistant
  • Team expenses$1,730,741 for the year
  • Operating expenses$270,929 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$13,845 division median $14,113
  • Athletic aid, men's teams$938,433 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$3,541 across men's teams
  • Recruiting spend, men's$98,620 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Josh Breske head coachHead Coachnot on file
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Recruiting timing

  • Coaches may first contact youJune 15 after sophomore year
  • Your own emailsAny time the rule limits what coaches send back
  • High-school football players1,029,588 2024-25
  • Division II roster spots20,787 158 programs
  • Odds of a spot1 in 50 2.0% of high-school players hold a Division II roster spot

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About the school

What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.
3,279undergraduates · 3,475 students in all
Women 64% Men 36%
Setting
Town
Type
Public · Master's university
Affiliation
None
94%admitted · of 1,617 applicants
ACT middle 50%18 – 23
Test scores
Test-optional
Graduate in 6 yrs
40%
125on the roster · 2024–25 season
Team expenses
$1,730,741 $13,846 per roster spot · lower half of Division II
Coaches
1 head · 10 assistant
Athletic aid, men's teams
$938,433
Recruiting spend, men's
$98,620
$16,474net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker, in-state$22,100
Sticker, out-of-state$25,200
Average net price$16,474
Net price by family income
$0–30k$12,475
$30–48k$13,564
$48–75k$17,864
$75–110k$19,145
$110k and up$19,987
Tuition & fees
$8,916 in-state · $12,018 out

Campus safety

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0.6violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent0.60
Property0.20
In residence halls
1 burglaries · 6 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
0 over 2022–2024
20%of bachelor's degrees in business · 17 fields · Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's
Business65 · 20%
Education53 · 17%
Psychology30 · 9%
Kinesiology, parks & recreation28 · 9%
Visual & performing arts28 · 9%

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Football programs within 150 miles

Black Hills State UniversitySouth Dakota School of Mines & Technology · 44 miChadron State College · 124 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
South Dakota School of Mines & Technology Division II · Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference44119$1.7M—85%
Chadron State College Division II · Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference124138$1.7M——

Other football programs in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
Colorado School of Mines143$3.1M$21,571—vs
Colorado State University Pueblo135$2.4M$17,657—vs
Western Colorado University147$2.1M$14,433—vs
Colorado Mesa University171$1.8M$10,536—vs
Black Hills State University125$1.7M$13,845—vs
South Dakota School of Mines & Technology119$1.7M$14,375—vs
Chadron State College138$1.7M$12,253—vs
Fort Lewis College122$1.5M$12,368—vs
New Mexico Highlands University87$1.3M$15,080—vs
Adams State University130$1.2M$8,905—vs

Every Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference football program · Football budgets ranked