by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Golf at Carthage College, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Carthage plays at the level of NCAA Division III with football as a member of College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin.
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The Carthage men’s golf team fields 31 student athletes.
The Carthage women’s golf team carries 19 players.
Combined, Carthage carries 50 golf athletes — 31 on the men’s side and 19 on the women’s.
Among the 19 varsity sports Carthage reports, golf sits at #8 by total roster size.
The men’s golf program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 0 work full-time and 2 part-time. Leading the program is Jay Christiansen.
The women’s golf program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 0 are full-time and 2 part-time. At the helm is Bill Buss.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
Among the school’s 19 sports, golf sits #8 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Carthage men’s golf program generated $244,156 in revenue against $142,328 in expenses, netting $101,828. That works out to about $2,729 in operating expense per athlete, or $84,589 per team.
The Carthage women’s golf program brought in $184,279 in revenue against $84,221 in expenses, for a surplus of $100,058. Per athlete, that is about $4,120 in operating expense per athlete, or $78,282 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $244,156 to the women’s $184,279 in revenue.
Against the school’s 19 sports, golf ranks #9 by revenue, accounting for 6% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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