Here we dig into Golf at Erskine College, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Erskine competes in NCAA Division II with football as a member of Conference Carolinas.
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The Erskine men’s golf team lists 30 players.
The Erskine women’s golf team lists 8 athletes.
Combined, Erskine fields 38 golf athletes — 30 on the men’s side and 8 on the women’s.
Of the 17 varsity sports Erskine reports, golf comes in at #8 by total roster size.
The men’s golf program employs 1 coach — 1 head coach. Of those, 0 work full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Jason Allen.
The women’s golf program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 3 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Madison Freeman.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 1 coach to the women’s 3.
Across the school’s 17 sports, golf ranks #3 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Erskine men’s golf program brought in $314,626 in revenue against $314,626 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $2,808 in operating expense per athlete, or $84,247 per team.
The Erskine women’s golf program reported $240,184 in revenue against $240,184 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $5,015 in operating expense per athlete, or $40,119 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $314,626 to the women’s $240,184 in revenue.
Among the school’s 17 sports, golf ranks #5 by revenue, accounting for 8% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
If Erskine places on one of our 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.