by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Golf at Butler University, a spring sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Butler plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of BIG EAST Conference.
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The Butler men’s golf team lists 10 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 30. Academic data covers 38 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Butler women’s golf team lists 10 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 19. Academic data covers 23 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, Butler carries 20 golf athletes — 10 on the men’s side and 10 on the women’s.
Among the 13 varsity sports Butler sponsors, golf ranks #10 by total roster size.
The men’s golf program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 1 are full-time and 2 part-time. At the helm is Colby Huffman.
The women’s golf program carries 1 coach — 1 head coach. Staffing-wise, 1 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Christie Cates.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 1.
Among the school’s 13 sports, golf ranks #6 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Butler men’s golf program generated $586,160 in revenue against $523,811 in expenses, for a surplus of $62,349. Per athlete, that is about $5,821 in operating expense per athlete, or $58,213 per team.
The Butler women’s golf program generated $440,312 in revenue against $360,867 in expenses, a net profit of $79,445. This comes to about $7,107 in operating expense per athlete, or $71,067 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team brought in $586,160 to the women’s $440,312 in revenue.
Among the school’s 13 sports, golf sits #8 by revenue, or about 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s golf team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 986 (983 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 100% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s golf team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 978 (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.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 986 and the women 978, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 988, golf trails the average at 982.
When Butler earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.