by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Golf at Duke University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Duke plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Atlantic Coast Conference.
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The Duke men’s golf team fields 10 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 39. The most recent cohort included 36 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Duke women’s golf team carries 7 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 26. The NCAA tracked 28 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, Duke carries 17 golf athletes — 10 on the men’s side and 7 on the women’s.
Of the 18 varsity sports Duke sponsors, golf comes in at #15 by total roster size.
The men’s golf program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 2 are full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Robert Heintz.
The women’s golf program employs 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 2 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Dan Brooks.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 2.
Across the school’s 18 sports, golf sits #9 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Duke men’s golf program reported $1,114,882 in revenue against $1,313,736 in expenses, a net loss of $198,854. This comes to about $26,759 in operating expense per athlete, or $267,591 per team.
The Duke women’s golf program reported $1,500,959 in revenue against $1,484,647 in expenses, for a surplus of $16,312. Per athlete, that is about $21,763 in operating expense per athlete, or $152,341 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $1,114,882 to the women’s $1,500,959 in revenue.
Among the school’s 18 sports, golf ranks #11 by revenue, or about 1% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s golf team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s golf team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (998 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 98% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 1000 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 995, golf sits above average at 1000.
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