by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Golf at Baylor University, a spring sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Baylor competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big 12 Conference.
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The Baylor men’s golf team carries 11 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 41. Academic data covers 43 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Baylor women’s golf team fields 8 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 42. The most recent cohort included 34 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, Baylor carries 19 golf athletes — 11 on the men’s side and 8 on the women’s.
Of the 13 varsity sports Baylor sponsors, golf comes in at #11 by total roster size.
The men’s golf program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 3 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Jean-Paul Hebert.
The women’s golf program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 3 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Jay Goble.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 3.
Among the school’s 13 sports, golf sits #4 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Baylor men’s golf program brought in $1,635,641 in revenue against $1,635,641 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $25,363 in operating expense per athlete, or $278,997 per team.
The Baylor women’s golf program reported $1,665,481 in revenue against $1,665,481 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $33,898 in operating expense per athlete, or $271,186 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team generated $1,635,641 to the women’s $1,665,481 in revenue.
Against the school’s 13 sports, golf sits #9 by revenue, accounting for 2% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s golf team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s golf team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (986 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 97% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 1000 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 988, golf comes in above the pack at 1000.
If Baylor earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, you’ll see it called out. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.