by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Golf at Harvard University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Harvard plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of The Ivy League.
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The Harvard men’s golf team carries 8 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 24. Academic data covers 29 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Harvard women’s golf team lists 8 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 26. The most recent cohort included 26 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, Harvard fields 16 golf athletes — 8 on the men’s side and 8 on the women’s.
Among the 24 varsity sports Harvard sponsors, golf ranks #21 by total roster size.
The men’s golf program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 1 work full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Kevin Rhoads.
The women’s golf program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 1 work full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Naree Song.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
Among the school’s 24 sports, golf sits #16 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Harvard men’s golf program generated $418,323 in revenue against $418,323 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $11,344 in operating expense per athlete, or $90,752 per team.
The Harvard women’s golf program brought in $359,530 in revenue against $359,530 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $9,582 in operating expense per athlete, or $76,658 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $418,323 to the women’s $359,530 in revenue.
Against the school’s 24 sports, golf ranks #13 by revenue, accounting for 2% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s golf team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (998 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 98% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s golf team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (995 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 96% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 1000 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 994, golf sits above average at 1000.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.