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Livingstone College Football

Salisbury, NC · the Blue Bears, Lady Blue Bears · Livingstone College overview
84
Roster
2024–25 season
$1.2M
Team budget
7th percentile in Division II
$13,721
Per roster spot
median $14,113
9
Coaches
1 head · 8 assistant
74%
Admitted
upper half for selectivity

Livingstone College fields a football team in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (NCAA Division II). In 2024–25 the roster carried 84 players, below the median of 128, with 1 head coach and 8 assistants. Team expenses were $1,152,621, below the median of $1.7M — $13,721 per roster spot, lower half of Division II football programs. The school gave $1,068,963 in athletic aid across its men's teams, about $6,723 per roster spot.

Among Division II football programs

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

Team budget$1.2M
Spend per player$13,721
Roster size84
Coaching staff9

Team budgets across the division

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

Roster sizes

69316
this programevery Division II roster

The program

  • Roster84 2024–25 season
  • Coaching staff1 head, 8 assistant
  • Team expenses$1,152,621 for the year
  • Operating expenses$65,112 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$13,721 division median $14,113
  • Athletic aid, men's teams$1,068,963 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$6,723 across men's teams
  • Recruiting spend, men's$2,044 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Sean Gilbert head coachHead CoachOn file · sign in
Mark WilliamsAssociate HC / Co-Defensive Coordinator / Defensive Line CoachOn file · sign in
Adam GoggansLinebacker CoachOn file · sign in
Glenn ReeseCo-Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks CoachOn file · sign in
Gunnar ClontzWide Receivers CoachOn file · sign in
Jerkoya PattonRunning Backs CoachOn file · sign in
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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.
799undergraduates · 814 students in all
Women 42% Men 58%
Setting
Suburb
Type
Private · Baccalaureate college
Affiliation
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
HBCU
Yes
74%admitted · of 4,748 applicants
Test scores
Scores not considered
Graduate in 6 yrs
24%
84on the roster · 2024–25 season
Team expenses
$1,152,621 $13,722 per roster spot · bottom quarter of Division II
Coaches
1 head · 8 assistant
Athletic aid, men's teams
$1,068,963
Recruiting spend, men's
$2,044
$15,162net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker price$28,390
Average net price$15,162
Net price by family income
$0–30k$16,621
$30–48k$11,018
$48–75k$16,327
$75–110k$15,544
$110k and up$20,006
Tuition & fees
$18,296

Campus safety

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0.36violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent0.36
Property2.49
In residence halls
1 burglaries · 1 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
5 over 2022–2024
26%of bachelor's degrees in business · 15 fields · Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's
Business23 · 26%
Kinesiology, parks & recreation17 · 19%
Biological sciences11 · 13%
Criminal justice & protective services10 · 11%
Computer & information sciences5 · 6%

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Football programs within 150 miles

Livingstone CollegeCatawba College · 1 miDavidson College · 23 miThe University of North Carolina at Charlotte · 29 miWinston-Salem State University · 32 miWake Forest University · 34 miJohnson C. Smith University · 36 miGuilford College · 44 miGreensboro College · 47 miWingate University · 47 miLenoir-Rhyne University · 48 miNorth Carolina A&T State University · 49 miElon University · 63 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
Catawba College Division II · South Atlantic Conference1140$2M—78%
Davidson College Division I · Pioneer Football League23100$2.6M98214%
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte Division I · American Conference29122$16M94580%
Winston-Salem State University Division II · Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association32116$2.1M—69%
Wake Forest University Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference34130$39M99022%
Johnson C. Smith University Division II · Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association36123$2.1M—43%
Guilford College Division III · Old Dominion Athletic Conf.44131$388k—84%
Greensboro College Division III · USA South Athletic Conference47118$407k—92%
Wingate University Division II · South Atlantic Conference47200$2.1M—85%
Lenoir-Rhyne University Division II · South Atlantic Conference48164$2.5M—81%
North Carolina A&T State University Division I · Coastal Athletic Association49146$4.3M96646%
Elon University Division I · Coastal Athletic Association63109$7.7M98867%

Other football programs in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
Winston-Salem State University116$2.1M$18,499—vs
Johnson C. Smith University123$2.1M$17,163—vs
Virginia State University132$1.8M$13,844—vs
Virginia Union University113$1.6M$14,312—vs
Bluefield State University93$1.6M$17,297—vs
Bowie State University135$1.5M$11,256—vs
Fayetteville State University75$1.4M$18,113—vs
Shaw University111$1.3M$11,750—vs
Elizabeth City State University120$1.2M$9,617—vs
Livingstone College84$1.2M$13,721—vs
Lincoln University (Pennsylvania)99$913k$9,217—vs

Every Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association football program · Football budgets ranked