by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Golf at Brigham Young University, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. BYU is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big 12 Conference.
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The BYU men’s golf team fields 8 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 34. Academic data covers 37 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The BYU women’s golf team lists 10 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 33. Academic data covers 36 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, BYU fields 18 golf athletes — 8 on the men’s side and 10 on the women’s.
Of the 14 varsity sports BYU sponsors, golf comes in at #11 by total roster size.
The men’s golf program employs 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 2 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Bruce Brockbank.
The women’s golf program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 2 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Carrie Roberts.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
Across the school’s 14 sports, golf sits #6 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The BYU men’s golf program brought in $786,611 in revenue against $1,463,631 in expenses, running a deficit of $677,020. That works out to about $41,823 in operating expense per athlete, or $334,586 per team.
The BYU women’s golf program brought in $445,978 in revenue against $1,346,487 in expenses, coming up short by $900,509. That works out to about $67,197 in operating expense per athlete, or $671,966 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $786,611 to the women’s $445,978 in revenue.
Against the school’s 14 sports, golf sits #8 by revenue, accounting for 1% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s golf team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 993 (963 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 43%. Year over year, it held onto 94% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s golf team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 957 (992 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 71%. The program kept 98% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 993 and the women 957, with graduation success rates of 43% and 71% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 980, golf trails the average at 975.
When BYU earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. College Factual’s sports rankings weigh both athletics and academics.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.