by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Golf at Creighton University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Creighton plays at the level of NCAA Division I without football as a member of BIG EAST Conference.
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The Creighton men’s golf team lists 13 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 26. The most recent cohort included 43 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Creighton women’s golf team carries 8 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 34. The NCAA tracked 32 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, Creighton carries 21 golf athletes — 13 on the men’s side and 8 on the women’s.
Of the 11 varsity sports Creighton reports, golf sits at #7 by total roster size.
The men’s golf program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 3 work full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Wes Bernt.
The women’s golf program employs 1 coach — 1 head coach. In all, 0 work full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Debbie Conry.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 1.
Across the school’s 11 sports, golf ranks #2 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Creighton men’s golf program brought in $165,390 in revenue against $373,122 in expenses, coming up short by $207,732. Per athlete, that is about $10,326 in operating expense per athlete, or $134,241 per team.
The Creighton women’s golf program brought in $225,858 in revenue against $250,092 in expenses, running a deficit of $24,234. Per athlete, that is about $10,720 in operating expense per athlete, or $85,763 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team brought in $165,390 to the women’s $225,858 in revenue.
Among the school’s 11 sports, golf ranks #6 by revenue, or about 1% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s golf team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (990 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 94% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s golf team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 967 (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.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 1000 and the women 967, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 991, golf sits below average at 984.
If Creighton earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, you’ll see it called out. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.