by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Golf at Charleston Southern University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. CSU competes in NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Big South Conference.
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The CSU men’s golf team fields 8 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 35. The most recent cohort included 38 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The CSU women’s golf team fields 6 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 30. The NCAA tracked 28 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, CSU carries 14 golf athletes — 8 on the men’s side and 6 on the women’s.
Of the 11 varsity sports CSU reports, golf sits at #8 by total roster size.
The men’s golf program carries 1 coach — 1 head coach. Of those, 1 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Loritz Clark.
The women’s golf program employs 1 coach — 1 head coach. Of those, 1 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Loritz Clark.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 1 coach to the women’s 1.
Across the school’s 11 sports, golf ranks #7 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The CSU men’s golf program brought in $231,005 in revenue against $231,005 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $5,677 in operating expense per athlete, or $45,418 per team.
The CSU women’s golf program brought in $251,225 in revenue against $251,225 in expenses, breaking even on the year. Per athlete, that is about $10,387 in operating expense per athlete, or $62,320 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $231,005 to the women’s $251,225 in revenue.
Against the school’s 11 sports, golf sits #8 by revenue, accounting for 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s golf team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 963 (934 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 73%. Year over year, it held onto 94% of its athletes, with 93% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s golf team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (966 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 50%. Year over year, it held onto 97% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 963 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 73% and 50% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 982, golf matches the average at 982.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.