by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Golf at Mercer University, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Mercer is classified as NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Southern Conference.
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The Mercer men’s golf team carries 10 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 39. The most recent cohort included 39 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Mercer women’s golf team carries 7 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 33. The NCAA tracked 29 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, Mercer carries 17 golf athletes — 10 on the men’s side and 7 on the women’s.
Among the 13 varsity sports Mercer reports, golf ranks #10 by total roster size.
The men’s golf program carries 1 coach — 1 head coach. Staffing-wise, 1 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Jason Payne.
The women’s golf program is staffed by 1 coach — 1 head coach. Staffing-wise, 1 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Michele Drinkard.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 1 coach to the women’s 1.
Across the school’s 13 sports, golf ranks #7 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Mercer men’s golf program reported $559,381 in revenue against $559,381 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $11,201 in operating expense per athlete, or $112,012 per team.
The Mercer women’s golf program generated $646,815 in revenue against $646,815 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $17,809 in operating expense per athlete, or $124,661 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team generated $559,381 to the women’s $646,815 in revenue.
Among the school’s 13 sports, golf ranks #7 by revenue, accounting for 4% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s golf team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 972 (1000 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 90%. Year over year, it held onto 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s golf team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 990 (984 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 100% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 972 and the women 990, with graduation success rates of 90% and 100% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 988, golf trails the average at 981.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.