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Division I · Coastal Athletic Association

University of Maine Football

Orono, ME · the Black Bears · University of Maine overview
110
Roster
5 over the D-I cap of 105
$5.8M
Team budget
34th percentile in Division I
$52,864
Per roster spot
median $79,762
11
Coaches
1 head · 10 assistant
952
APR
95% of players retained
96%
Admitted
bottom quarter for selectivity

University of Maine fields a football team in the Coastal Athletic Association (NCAA Division I). In 2024–25 the roster carried 110 players, about the median of 119, with 1 head coach and 10 assistants. Team expenses were $5,815,078, below the median of $9.1M — $52,864 per roster spot, lower half of Division I football programs. Under the Division I roster cap of 105 in force from 2025-26, that is 5 over — cuts or attrition are likely, though players already on the roster may stay (230 of 261 Division I programs carried more than the cap). The team's multi-year Academic Progress Rate is 952, about the median of 964, with 95% of players retained year to year. The school gave $4,695,278 in athletic aid across its men's teams, about $13,188 per roster spot.

Among Division I football programs

Where this program sits against its 261 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).

Team budget$5.8M
Spend per player$52,864
Roster size110
Coaching staff11
APR952

Team budgets across the division

$1.4M$93M
this programevery Division I football program

Roster sizes (cap 105)

89167
this programevery Division I roster

The program

  • Roster110 2024–25 season
  • Division I roster cap105 5 over last season
  • Coaching staff1 head, 10 assistant
  • Team expenses$5,815,078 for the year
  • Operating expenses$1,244,902 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$52,864 division median $79,762
  • Academic Progress Rate952 multi-year; 909 latest
  • Players retained95% year to year
  • Eligible95% of player-terms
  • Athletic aid, men's teams$4,695,278 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$13,188 across men's teams
  • Recruiting spend, men's$306,062 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Jordan Stevens head coachHead Coachnot on file
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Recruiting timing

  • Coaches may first contact youSeptember 1 of junior year
  • Your own emailsAny time the rule limits what coaches send back
  • High-school football players1,029,588 2024-25
  • Division I roster spots31,184 261 programs
  • Odds of a spot1 in 33 3.0% of high-school players hold a Division I roster spot

General NCAA rule for Division I; 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.
9,267undergraduates · 11,760 students in all
Women 52% Men 48%
Setting
Suburb
Type
Public · Research university
Affiliation
None
96%admitted · of 13,995 applicants
Test scores
Scores not considered
Graduate in 6 yrs
56%
110on the roster · 2024–25 season
Roster vs the D-I cap of 105110
5 over — players already on the roster may stay
Academic Progress Rate952
95% of players kept year to year
Team expenses
$5,815,078 $52,864 per roster spot · lower half of Division I
Coaches
1 head · 10 assistant
Athletic aid, men's teams
$4,695,278
Recruiting spend, men's
$306,062
$18,237net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker, in-state$28,572
Sticker, out-of-state$51,312
Average net price$18,237
Net price by family income
$0–30k$13,800
$30–48k$13,707
$48–75k$16,408
$75–110k$20,101
$110k and up$21,756
Tuition & fees
$12,606 in-state · $35,346 out

Campus safety

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1.33violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent1.33
Property0.30
In residence halls
7 burglaries · 37 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
72 over 2022–2024
14%of bachelor's degrees in business · 25 fields · Associate's, Bachelor's, Doctorate, Master's
Business249 · 14%
Engineering228 · 13%
Education161 · 9%
Biological sciences124 · 7%
Natural resources & conservation105 · 6%

Research University of Maine

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

University of MaineHusson University · 8 miMaine Maritime Academy · 36 miColby College · 54 miBates College · 93 miBowdoin College · 94 miUniversity of New England · 131 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
Husson University Division III · Conference of New England8133$696k—86%
Maine Maritime Academy Division III · Conference of New England3640$296k—61%
Colby College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference5488$1.1M—7%
Bates College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference9384$1M—13%
Bowdoin College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference9484$904k—8%
University of New England Division III · Conference of New England131106$777k—89%

Other football programs in the Coastal Athletic Association

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
Stony Brook University 11 over cap116$8.2M$70,797965vs
Elon University 4 over cap109$7.7M$70,775988vs
Monmouth University 16 over cap121$7.5M$61,611935vs
University of Rhode Island room for 5100$6.9M$68,822976vs
University of New Hampshire at cap105$6.7M$63,881970vs
Bryant University 37 over cap142$6.3M$44,189985vs
University of Maine 5 over cap110$5.8M$52,864952vs
Towson University 1 over cap106$5.6M$53,270969vs
Sacred Heart University 49 over cap154$5.4M$35,152954vs
Hampton University room for 1392$5.2M$56,989933vs
Campbell University 21 over cap126$5.2M$40,962951vs
University at Albany room for 5100$4.9M$49,493955vs
North Carolina A&T State University 41 over cap146$4.3M$29,577966vs

Every Coastal Athletic Association football program · Football budgets ranked