by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Golf at Elon University, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Elon competes in NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Coastal Athletic Association.
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The Elon men’s golf team lists 9 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 42. The NCAA tracked 35 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Elon women’s golf team fields 8 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 33. The most recent cohort included 34 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, Elon fields 17 golf athletes — 9 on the men’s side and 8 on the women’s.
Among the 12 varsity sports Elon reports, golf comes in at #9 by total roster size.
The men’s golf program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 2 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Don Hill.
The women’s golf program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 2 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Chris Dockrill.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
Among the school’s 12 sports, golf sits #6 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Elon men’s golf program reported $842,097 in revenue against $842,097 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $15,753 in operating expense per athlete, or $141,776 per team.
The Elon women’s golf program brought in $675,301 in revenue against $675,301 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $10,917 in operating expense per athlete, or $87,333 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $842,097 to the women’s $675,301 in revenue.
Against the school’s 12 sports, golf sits #6 by revenue, or about 4% 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%. The program kept 99% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s golf team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (969 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 86%. It retained 95% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 1000 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 100% and 86% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 994, golf comes in above the pack at 1000.
When Elon earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. College Factual’s sports rankings weigh both athletics and academics.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.