by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Golf at Florida Atlantic University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. FAU plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of American Conference.
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The FAU men’s golf team carries 10 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 12. The most recent cohort included 34 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The FAU women’s golf team fields 9 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 39. The most recent cohort included 27 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, FAU carries 19 golf athletes — 10 on the men’s side and 9 on the women’s.
Among the 14 varsity sports FAU reports, golf comes in at #8 by total roster size.
The men’s golf program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 1 work full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Adrien Mork.
The women’s golf program carries 1 coach — 1 head coach. In all, 1 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Heather Young.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 1.
Among the school’s 14 sports, golf sits #8 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The FAU men’s golf program brought in $420,558 in revenue against $420,558 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $10,974 in operating expense per athlete, or $109,744 per team.
The FAU women’s golf program generated $471,647 in revenue against $471,647 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $9,955 in operating expense per athlete, or $89,599 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team generated $420,558 to the women’s $471,647 in revenue.
Against the school’s 14 sports, golf ranks #9 by revenue, accounting for 2% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s golf team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 967 (1000 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s golf team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (985 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 97% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 967 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 986, golf lands below the pack at 984.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.