Catawba College Football
Catawba College fields a football team in the South Atlantic Conference (NCAA Division II). In 2024–25 the roster carried 140 players, about the median of 128, with 1 head coach and 9 assistants. Team expenses were $1,968,680, above the median of $1.7M — $14,062 per roster spot, lower half of Division II football programs. The school gave $3,806,626 in athletic aid across its men's teams, about $8,347 per roster spot.
Among Division II football programs
Where this program sits against its 158 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).
Team budgets across the division
Roster sizes
The program
- Roster140 2024–25 season
- Coaching staff1 head, 9 assistant
- Team expenses$1,968,680 for the year
- Operating expenses$80,970 game-day and travel
- Spend per roster spot$14,062 division median $14,113
- Athletic aid, men's teams$3,806,626 school-wide
- Aid per roster spot$8,347 across men's teams
- Recruiting spend, men's$11,906 school-wide
Coaching staff
| Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Tyler Haines head coach | Head Coach | not on file |
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
General NCAA rule for Division II; the football recruiting guide has the date for each grad year, the eligibility checklist and what to put in a first email.
About the school
What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.Campus
Full picture →- Setting
- Suburb
- Type
- Private · Baccalaureate college
- Affiliation
- None
Getting in
Full picture →- Test scores
- Test-optional
- Graduate in 6 yrs
- 52%
Football
Full picture →- Team expenses
- $1,968,680 $14,062 per roster spot · upper half of Division II
- Coaches
- 1 head · 9 assistant
- Athletic aid, men's teams
- $3,806,626
- Recruiting spend, men's
- $11,906
Cost
Full picture →- Tuition & fees
- $33,400
Campus safety
Full picture →- In residence halls
- 0 burglaries · 3 sex offences over 2022–2024
- Residence-hall fires
- 0 over 2022–2024
Majors
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School pages built around what an athlete needs to know — the program's money and roster room, admissions fit, what a family really pays, majors, campus life and safety.
Football programs within 150 miles
| School | Miles | Roster | Budget | APR | Admitted | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Livingstone College Division II · Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 1 | 84 | $1.2M | — | 74% | |
| Davidson College Division I · Pioneer Football League | 24 | 100 | $2.6M | 982 | 14% | |
| The University of North Carolina at Charlotte Division I · American Conference | 30 | 122 | $16M | 945 | 80% | |
| Winston-Salem State University Division II · Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 31 | 116 | $2.1M | — | 69% | |
| Wake Forest University Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference | 33 | 130 | $39M | 990 | 22% | |
| Johnson C. Smith University Division II · Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association | 37 | 123 | $2.1M | — | 43% | |
| Guilford College Division III · Old Dominion Athletic Conf. | 43 | 131 | $388k | — | 84% | |
| Greensboro College Division III · USA South Athletic Conference | 46 | 118 | $407k | — | 92% | |
| Lenoir-Rhyne University Division II · South Atlantic Conference | 48 | 164 | $2.5M | — | 81% | |
| North Carolina A&T State University Division I · Coastal Athletic Association | 48 | 146 | $4.3M | 966 | 46% | |
| Wingate University Division II · South Atlantic Conference | 49 | 200 | $2.1M | — | 85% | |
| Elon University Division I · Coastal Athletic Association | 62 | 109 | $7.7M | 988 | 67% |
Other football programs in the South Atlantic Conference
| School | Roster | Budget | Per player | APR | Compare | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carson-Newman University | 186 | $2.6M | $14,065 | — | vs | |
| Lenoir-Rhyne University | 164 | $2.5M | $15,231 | — | vs | |
| Anderson University (South Carolina) | 112 | $2.2M | $19,647 | — | vs | |
| Newberry College | 205 | $2.2M | $10,565 | — | vs | |
| Wingate University | 200 | $2.1M | $10,717 | — | vs | |
| Emory & Henry University | 127 | $2M | $15,789 | — | vs | |
| Catawba College | 140 | $2M | $14,062 | — | vs | |
| Mars Hill University | 151 | $1.9M | $12,672 | — | vs | |
| Tusculum University | 149 | $1.7M | $11,384 | — | vs | |
| The University of Virginia's College at Wise | 88 | $1.3M | $14,680 | — | vs |
Every South Atlantic Conference football program · Football budgets ranked