by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Golf at Lipscomb University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Lipscomb plays at the level of NCAA Division I without football as a member of Atlantic Sun Conference.
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The Lipscomb men’s golf team fields 11 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 39. The most recent cohort included 40 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Lipscomb women’s golf team fields 8 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 35. The most recent cohort included 36 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, Lipscomb fields 19 golf athletes — 11 on the men’s side and 8 on the women’s.
Of the 10 varsity sports Lipscomb sponsors, golf comes in at #6 by total roster size.
The men’s golf program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 2 work full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Will Brewer.
The women’s golf program employs 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 1 work full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Shannon O'Brien.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 2.
Among the school’s 10 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 Lipscomb men’s golf program reported $677,862 in revenue against $677,862 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $14,664 in operating expense per athlete, or $161,307 per team.
The Lipscomb women’s golf program reported $611,792 in revenue against $611,792 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $23,206 in operating expense per athlete, or $185,644 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team generated $677,862 to the women’s $611,792 in revenue.
Among the school’s 10 sports, golf sits #6 by revenue, or about 5% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s golf team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 979 (993 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 88%. The program kept 100% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s golf team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (993 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 89%. Year over year, it held onto 99% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 979 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 88% and 89% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 992, golf lands below the pack at 990.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.