by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Golf at Kent State University at Kent, a spring sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Kent State competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Mid-American Conference.
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The Kent State men’s golf team fields 12 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 37. The most recent cohort included 42 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Kent State women’s golf team carries 9 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 34. The NCAA tracked 31 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, Kent State carries 21 golf athletes — 12 on the men’s side and 9 on the women’s.
Among the 14 varsity sports Kent State reports, golf ranks #9 by total roster size.
The men’s golf program employs 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 2 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Jon Mills.
The women’s golf program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 2 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Casey Vandamme.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
Across the school’s 14 sports, golf sits #4 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Kent State men’s golf program reported $637,920 in revenue against $637,920 in expenses, breaking even on the year. Per athlete, that is about $8,886 in operating expense per athlete, or $106,635 per team.
The Kent State women’s golf program generated $726,970 in revenue against $726,970 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $13,940 in operating expense per athlete, or $125,457 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team generated $637,920 to the women’s $726,970 in revenue.
Against the school’s 14 sports, golf sits #5 by revenue, or about 4% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s golf team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 981 (993 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 99% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s golf team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 991 (1000 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 981 and the women 991, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 989, golf sits below average at 986.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.