by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Golf at Illinois Wesleyan University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Illinois Wesleyan is classified as NCAA Division III with football as a member of College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin.
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The Illinois Wesleyan men’s golf team lists 19 players.
The Illinois Wesleyan women’s golf team fields 12 student athletes.
Between the two teams, Illinois Wesleyan carries 31 golf athletes — 19 on the men’s side and 12 on the women’s.
Of the 16 varsity sports Illinois Wesleyan sponsors, golf sits at #8 by total roster size.
The men’s golf program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 0 are full-time and 2 part-time. At the helm is Jim Ott.
The women’s golf program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 0 work full-time and 4 part-time. Leading the program is Craig Onsrud (Interim).
Side by side, the men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 4.
Among the school’s 16 sports, golf sits #7 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Illinois Wesleyan men’s golf program generated $110,544 in revenue against $110,544 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $4,871 in operating expense per athlete, or $92,558 per team.
The Illinois Wesleyan women’s golf program brought in $74,043 in revenue against $74,043 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $4,657 in operating expense per athlete, or $55,889 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team brought in $110,544 to the women’s $74,043 in revenue.
Against the school’s 16 sports, golf sits #9 by revenue, accounting for 4% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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