by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Golf at East Carolina University, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. ECU is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of American Conference.
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The ECU men’s golf team fields 9 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 39. The NCAA tracked 40 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The ECU women’s golf team fields 10 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 32. The NCAA tracked 34 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, ECU fields 19 golf athletes — 9 on the men’s side and 10 on the women’s.
Of the 14 varsity sports ECU reports, golf comes in at #9 by total roster size.
The men’s golf program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 0 are full-time and 3 part-time. The head coach is Kevin Williams.
The women’s golf program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 0 are full-time and 3 part-time. Leading the program is Kevin Williams.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 3.
Across the school’s 14 sports, golf ranks #4 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The ECU men’s golf program generated $411,713 in revenue against $405,132 in expenses, for a surplus of $6,581. This comes to about $9,309 in operating expense per athlete, or $83,778 per team.
The ECU women’s golf program brought in $501,296 in revenue against $489,529 in expenses, netting $11,767. This comes to about $11,041 in operating expense per athlete, or $110,407 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $411,713 to the women’s $501,296 in revenue.
Among the school’s 14 sports, golf sits #9 by revenue, or about 1% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s golf team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (994 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 97% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s golf team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 100% of its athletes, with 100% 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.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 986, golf grades out ahead at 1000.
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