by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Golf at Abilene Christian University, a spring sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Abilene Christian competes in NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Western Athletic Conference.
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The Abilene Christian men’s golf team carries 10 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 41. The most recent cohort included 40 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Abilene Christian women’s golf team carries 8 players. The most recent cohort included 16 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, Abilene Christian fields 18 golf athletes — 10 on the men’s side and 8 on the women’s.
Among the 11 varsity sports Abilene Christian sponsors, golf ranks #7 by total roster size.
The men’s golf program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 2 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Tom Shaw.
The women’s golf program employs 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 2 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Rob Bennett.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
Across the school’s 11 sports, golf ranks #4 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Abilene Christian men’s golf program reported $635,102 in revenue against $593,941 in expenses, for a surplus of $41,161. This comes to about $19,661 in operating expense per athlete, or $196,613 per team.
The Abilene Christian women’s golf program generated $1,819,594 in revenue against $566,805 in expenses, a net profit of $1,252,789. That works out to about $14,590 in operating expense per athlete, or $116,721 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $635,102 to the women’s $1,819,594 in revenue.
Against the school’s 11 sports, golf sits #4 by revenue, or about 9% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s golf team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 993 (1000 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s golf team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 993 and the women 1000.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 991, golf sits above average at 996.
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