by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Golf at Indiana University-Bloomington, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. IU Bloomington plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big Ten Conference.
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The IU Bloomington men’s golf team carries 10 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 37. The most recent cohort included 39 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The IU Bloomington women’s golf team lists 8 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 36. The most recent cohort included 32 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, IU Bloomington fields 18 golf athletes — 10 on the men’s side and 8 on the women’s.
Among the 17 varsity sports IU Bloomington sponsors, golf sits at #14 by total roster size.
The men’s golf program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 2 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Mike Mayer.
The women’s golf program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 2 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Brian May.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
Across the school’s 17 sports, golf ranks #7 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The IU Bloomington men’s golf program reported $865,656 in revenue against $865,656 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $9,907 in operating expense per athlete, or $99,074 per team.
The IU Bloomington women’s golf program brought in $1,030,540 in revenue against $1,030,540 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $14,327 in operating expense per athlete, or $114,612 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $865,656 to the women’s $1,030,540 in revenue.
Against the school’s 17 sports, golf ranks #11 by revenue, or about 1% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s golf team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 980 (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 982 (986 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 90%. The program kept 99% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 980 and the women 982, with graduation success rates of 100% and 90% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 989, golf trails the average at 981.
When IU Bloomington earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. College Factual’s sports rankings weigh both athletics and academics.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.