by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Golf at California State University-Northridge, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. CSUN competes in NCAA Division I without football as a member of Big West Conference.
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The CSUN men’s golf team carries 7 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 35. Academic data covers 29 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The CSUN women’s golf team carries 6 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 29. The most recent cohort included 25 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, CSUN carries 13 golf athletes — 7 on the men’s side and 6 on the women’s.
Of the 12 varsity sports CSUN sponsors, golf comes in at #10 by total roster size.
The men’s golf program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 1 are full-time and 2 part-time. The head coach is Jim Bracken.
The women’s golf program employs 1 coach — 1 head coach. In all, 1 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Michelle Winkler.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 1.
Among the school’s 12 sports, golf sits #6 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The CSUN men’s golf program reported $478,130 in revenue against $576,834 in expenses, a net loss of $98,704. That works out to about $33,447 in operating expense per athlete, or $234,128 per team.
The CSUN women’s golf program brought in $390,577 in revenue against $317,031 in expenses, for a surplus of $73,546. That works out to about $14,336 in operating expense per athlete, or $86,015 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team generated $478,130 to the women’s $390,577 in revenue.
Against the school’s 12 sports, golf sits #7 by revenue, accounting for 4% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s golf team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (970 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 86%. Year over year, it held onto 97% of its athletes, with 96% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s golf team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 980 (994 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 96% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 1000 and the women 980, with graduation success rates of 86% and 100% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 979, golf comes in above the pack at 990.
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