by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Golf at Gonzaga University, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Gonzaga competes in NCAA Division I without football as a member of West Coast Conference.
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The Gonzaga men’s golf team fields 6 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 29. Academic data covers 27 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Gonzaga women’s golf team lists 8 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 23. The NCAA tracked 31 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, Gonzaga carries 14 golf athletes — 6 on the men’s side and 8 on the women’s.
Of the 10 varsity sports Gonzaga reports, golf comes in at #8 by total roster size.
The men’s golf program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 2 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Robert Gray.
The women’s golf program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 2 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Victoria Fallgren-Murphy.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
Among the school’s 10 sports, golf sits #5 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Gonzaga men’s golf program brought in $903,323 in revenue against $870,069 in expenses, a net profit of $33,254. This comes to about $25,784 in operating expense per athlete, or $154,704 per team.
The Gonzaga women’s golf program generated $1,237,594 in revenue against $1,034,071 in expenses, for a surplus of $203,523. Per athlete, that is about $21,594 in operating expense per athlete, or $172,749 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team generated $903,323 to the women’s $1,237,594 in revenue.
Against the school’s 10 sports, golf ranks #5 by revenue, or about 4% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s golf team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 989 (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 (998 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 98% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 989 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 990, golf sits above average at 994.
If Gonzaga earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.