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Division II · Lone Star Conference

Eastern New Mexico University Football

Portales, NM · the Greyhounds · Eastern New Mexico University overview
120
Roster
2024–25 season
$1.6M
Team budget
41st percentile in Division II
$13,611
Per roster spot
median $14,113
4
Coaches
1 head · 3 assistant
55%
Admitted
top 10% for selectivity

Eastern New Mexico University fields a football team in the Lone Star Conference (NCAA Division II). In 2024–25 the roster carried 120 players, about the median of 128, with 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Team expenses were $1,633,325, about the median of $1.7M — $13,611 per roster spot, lower half of Division II football programs. The school gave $1,566,459 in athletic aid across its men's teams, about $5,888 per roster spot.

Among Division II football programs

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

Team budget$1.6M
Spend per player$13,611
Roster size120
Coaching staff4

Team budgets across the division

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

Roster sizes

69316
this programevery Division II roster

The program

  • Roster120 2024–25 season
  • Coaching staff1 head, 3 assistant
  • Team expenses$1,633,325 for the year
  • Operating expenses$86,355 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$13,611 division median $14,113
  • Athletic aid, men's teams$1,566,459 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$5,888 across men's teams
  • Recruiting spend, men's$25,218 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Art Briles 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.
4,072undergraduates · 5,386 students in all
Women 65% Men 35%
Setting
Town
Type
Public · Master's university
Affiliation
None
55%admitted · of 2,085 applicants
SAT middle 50%850 – 1070
ACT middle 50%15 – 21
Test scores
Test-optional
Graduate in 6 yrs
34%
120on the roster · 2024–25 season
Team expenses
$1,633,325 $13,611 per roster spot · lower half of Division II
Coaches
1 head · 3 assistant
Athletic aid, men's teams
$1,566,459
Recruiting spend, men's
$25,218
$6,683net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker, in-state$21,041
Sticker, out-of-state$23,021
Average net price$6,683
Net price by family income
$0–30k$4,722
$30–48k$5,663
$48–75k$7,332
$75–110k$8,346
$110k and up$11,849
Tuition & fees
$6,738 in-state · $8,718 out

Campus safety

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0.23violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent0.23
Property0.87
In residence halls
5 burglaries · 3 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
0 over 2022–2024
21%of bachelor's degrees in liberal arts & general studies · 23 fields · Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's
Liberal arts & general studies160 · 21%
Health professions & nursing137 · 18%
Education79 · 10%
Business79 · 10%
Psychology44 · 6%

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Football programs within 150 miles

Eastern New Mexico UniversityTexas Tech University · 94 miWest Texas A&M University · 99 miNew Mexico Highlands University · 144 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
Texas Tech University Division I · Big 12 Conference94123$40M94971%
West Texas A&M University Division II · Lone Star Conference99138$2.2M—97%
New Mexico Highlands University Division II · Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference14487$1.3M——

Other football programs in the Lone Star Conference

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
The University of Texas Permian Basin156$3.2M$20,340—vs
Texas A&M University-Kingsville158$2.4M$15,364—vs
Central Washington University116$2.2M$18,893—vs
West Texas A&M University138$2.2M$15,673—vs
Western Oregon University128$2M$15,672—vs
Western New Mexico University114$2M$17,233—vs
Angelo State University129$1.8M$13,960—vs
Eastern New Mexico University120$1.6M$13,611—vs
Midwestern State University140$1.5M$10,758—vs
Sul Ross State University126$731k$5,803—vs

Every Lone Star Conference football program · Football budgets ranked