Potential Head Coaches

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After doing some research I see that football roughly spends 3 million a year and generates 6 million. I was under the assumption that the football program lost money with all the talk every year of dropping down to D2. Granted it's always brought up by faculty that hates athletics.
You make a valid point about lost revenue vs. what a new coach would bring in. Granted there would be initial excitement with new coach then results on the field would have to make the difference. I just think of Idaho after Paul Petrino's contract expired and the excitement that that coach Eck brought to their program.
Attendance for the Montana state game was 5,300, I didn't see the game but I suspect that at least 25% were bobcat fans. Sorry but a game hosting the defending national champions should be a sellout. That would be another 4,000 tickets at a price of min. 20 dollars each and you've already made up at a minimum
$100,000 not counting concession or parking. Then the following game at home against the Griz.

I haven't seen much of AD Tim Collins but he's a relatively young good looking guy that is probably looking forward to bigger and better things and knows that bringing in a coach that can win will help the university, fundraising and himself and he's not going to get that with coach Best.

The one thing I don't have a feel for is how well is CB liked/respected by the administration and his players and by the campus community. I think Best was great as a offensive line coach but not a head coach.

Here is a link gives some insight to EWU financials.

https://knightnewhousedata.org/fcs/eastern-washington-university

Well football and men's basketball tend to be revenue sports that support the rest of athletics.

Yea I totally agree. I actually made a post awhile back for average attendance for home games.

Thread 'Average attendance of home games'

Nov 28, 2025

I was bored and curious so. Left out covid season.

2025 - 5,206.2
2024 - 6,061.2
2023 - 5,677.4
2022 - 5,130
2021 - 5,724.8
2019 - 8,366.6
2018 - 7,974.4
2017 - 10,123.4

Category:Eastern Washington Eagles football seasons - Wikipedia

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What happened in 2022? I remember seeing something about Hickey raising prices.

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Last year was the lowest since covid, and almost half of the peak in 2017.

I was looking to buy tickets for homecoming then possibly Montana State and Montana State all the cheap seats in the endzone were sold out a week or two in advance whereas there were plenty for homecoming. So you're right a lot probably were Montana State fans. Same is true for Montana.

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A disturbing amount are still for sale on the home/sideline side just a week out.

Even if Eastern were broke it might be a good idea to go into debt/more debt to stop the bleeding. Its harder and harder to wash the stink of being a loser program off each season that passes.

Yea I would like to think AD Collins doesn't want to piss away all his hard work fundraising and improving facilities on a 4-5 win a season head coach. I guess football isn't the only sport but it is the big one.