by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Golf at Kansas State University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. K -State plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big 12 Conference.
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The K -State men’s golf team carries 12 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 44. The NCAA tracked 36 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The K -State women’s golf team fields 7 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 33. The NCAA tracked 30 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, K -State fields 19 golf athletes — 12 on the men’s side and 7 on the women’s.
Among the 11 varsity sports K -State reports, golf comes in at #7 by total roster size.
The men’s golf program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 2 are full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Grant Robbins.
The women’s golf program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 2 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Stew Burke.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 2.
Across the school’s 11 sports, golf ranks #4 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The K -State men’s golf program generated $982,890 in revenue against $982,890 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $13,963 in operating expense per athlete, or $167,553 per team.
The K -State women’s golf program generated $1,165,137 in revenue against $1,165,137 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $30,381 in operating expense per athlete, or $212,665 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $982,890 to the women’s $1,165,137 in revenue.
Among the school’s 11 sports, golf ranks #5 by revenue, accounting for 2% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s golf team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 984 (994 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 99% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s golf team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (991 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 98% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 984 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 984, golf comes in above the pack at 992.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.