This page takes a deep look at Golf at Jacksonville State University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Jacksonville State University is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Conference USA.
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The Jacksonville State University men’s golf team fields 15 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 49. Academic data covers 48 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Jacksonville State University women’s golf team carries 8 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 35. Academic data covers 28 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, Jacksonville State University fields 23 golf athletes — 15 on the men’s side and 8 on the women’s.
Of the 15 varsity sports Jacksonville State University sponsors, golf ranks #8 by total roster size.
The men’s golf program is staffed by 1 coach — 1 head coach. In all, 1 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Sylas Elliott.
The women’s golf program employs 1 coach — 1 head coach. Staffing-wise, 0 are full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Robert Fields.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 1 coach to the women’s 1.
Across the school’s 15 sports, golf sits #9 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Jacksonville State University men’s golf program brought in $389,738 in revenue against $389,738 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $2,308 in operating expense per athlete, or $34,618 per team.
The Jacksonville State University women’s golf program reported $472,407 in revenue against $472,407 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $13,296 in operating expense per athlete, or $106,367 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $389,738 to the women’s $472,407 in revenue.
Among the school’s 15 sports, golf ranks #6 by revenue, accounting for 2% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s golf team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 977 (989 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 98% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s golf team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 968 (976 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 89%. Year over year, it held onto 97% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 977 and the women 968, with graduation success rates of 100% and 89% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 975, golf sits below average at 972.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.