Start your board
Programs›Football›Concordia University Chicago›Football
Division III · Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

Concordia University Chicago Football

River Forest, IL · the Cougars · Concordia University Chicago overview
84
Roster
2024–25 season
$423k
Team budget
16th percentile in Division III
$5,039
Per roster spot
median $5,431
6
Coaches
1 head · 5 assistant
93%
Admitted
bottom quarter for selectivity

Concordia University Chicago fields a football team in the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NCAA Division III). In 2024–25 the roster carried 84 players, below the median of 109, with 1 head coach and 5 assistants. Team expenses were $423,313, below the median of $613k — $5,039 per roster spot, lower half of Division III football programs. The school reports no athletic aid for men's teams — Division III programs do not offer athletic scholarships.

Among Division III football programs

Where this program sits against its 232 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).

Team budget$423k
Spend per player$5,039
Roster size84
Coaching staff6

Team budgets across the division

$181k$3.6M
this programevery Division III football program

Roster sizes

40232
this programevery Division III roster

The program

  • Roster84 2024–25 season
  • Coaching staff1 head, 5 assistant
  • Team expenses$423,313 for the year
  • Operating expenses$117,224 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$5,039 division median $5,431
  • Athletic aid, men's teamsNone school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$0 across men's teams
  • Recruiting spend, men's$14,703 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Chase Hankins head coachHead Coachnot on file
Put Concordia University Chicago on a target list, address the whole staff at once, and send each email yourself from Gmail — nothing goes out without you pressing Send.Start your board

Recruiting timing

  • Coaches may first contact youany time
  • Your own emailsAny time the rule limits what coaches send back
  • High-school football players1,029,588 2024-25
  • Division III roster spots26,128 232 programs
  • Odds of a spot1 in 39 2.5% of high-school players hold a Division III roster spot

General NCAA rule for Division III; 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.
1,377undergraduates · 5,066 students in all
Women 64% Men 36%
Setting
Suburb
Type
Private · Master's university
Affiliation
Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod
93%admitted · of 4,607 applicants
Test scores
Scores not considered
Graduate in 6 yrs
46%
84on the roster · 2024–25 season
Team expenses
$423,313 $5,039 per roster spot · bottom quarter of Division III
Coaches
1 head · 5 assistant
Athletic aid, men's teams
None
Recruiting spend, men's
$14,703
$17,767net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker price$49,998
Average net price$17,767
Net price by family income
$0–30k$13,573
$30–48k$14,000
$48–75k$17,318
$75–110k$19,478
$110k and up$23,731
Tuition & fees
$36,258

Campus safety

Full picture →
1.47violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent1.47
Property0.56
In residence halls
1 burglaries · 3 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
0 over 2022–2024
31%of bachelor's degrees in kinesiology, parks & recreation · 19 fields · Bachelor's, Doctorate, Master's
Kinesiology, parks & recreation89 · 31%
Education46 · 16%
Business43 · 15%
Health professions & nursing33 · 11%
Psychology17 · 6%

Research Concordia University Chicago

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

Concordia University ChicagoElmhurst University · 7 miNorth Park University · 7 miRoosevelt University · 10 miNorthwestern University · 12 miUniversity of Chicago · 13 miWheaton College (Illinois) · 15 miChicago State University · 16 miBenedictine University (Illinois) · 17 miNorth Central College · 19 miLake Forest College · 24 miAurora University · 30 miNorthern Illinois University · 49 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
Elmhurst University Division III · College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin784$634k—76%
North Park University Division III · College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin7110$745k—73%
Roosevelt University Division II · Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference10126$2.9M—94%
Northwestern University Division I · Big Ten Conference12109$38M9957%
University of Chicago Division III · Midwest Conference1392$767k—5%
Wheaton College (Illinois) Division III · College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin15127$1.3M—90%
Chicago State University Division I · Northeast Conference16———41%
Benedictine University (Illinois) Division III · Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference17143$447k—77%
North Central College Division III · College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin19142$1.1M—58%
Lake Forest College Division III · Midwest Conference24111$521k—59%
Aurora University Division III · Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference30138$711k—85%
Northern Illinois University Division I · Mountain West Conference49143$13M96270%

Other football programs in the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
Aurora University138$711k$5,152—vs
St. Norbert College131$672k$5,127—vs
Benedictine University (Illinois)143$447k$3,123—vs
Lakeland University92$439k$4,769—vs
Wisconsin Lutheran College90$438k$4,863—vs
Concordia University Wisconsin133$426k$3,203—vs
Rockford University101$426k$4,213—vs
Concordia University Chicago84$423k$5,039—vs
Eureka College73$280k$3,834—vs

Every Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference football program · Football budgets ranked