by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Golf at Grand Valley State University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. GVSU plays at the level of NCAA Division II with football as a member of Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
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The GVSU men’s golf team carries 10 athletes.
The GVSU women’s golf team carries 9 student athletes.
Combined, GVSU carries 19 golf athletes — 10 on the men’s side and 9 on the women’s.
Among the 15 varsity sports GVSU reports, golf ranks #10 by total roster size.
The men’s golf program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 1 work full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Gareth Lappin.
The women’s golf program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 1 are full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Rebecca Mailloux.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
Across the school’s 15 sports, golf ranks #8 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The GVSU men’s golf program reported $378,744 in revenue against $375,513 in expenses, a net profit of $3,231. That works out to about $6,718 in operating expense per athlete, or $67,181 per team.
The GVSU women’s golf program brought in $539,633 in revenue against $539,632 in expenses, for a surplus of $1. Per athlete, that is about $10,893 in operating expense per athlete, or $98,034 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $378,744 to the women’s $539,633 in revenue.
Among the school’s 15 sports, golf sits #7 by revenue, or about 4% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.