by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Golf at New Mexico State University-Main Campus, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. NMSU Main Campus is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Conference USA.
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The NMSU Main Campus men’s golf team fields 14 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 41. Academic data covers 37 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The NMSU Main Campus women’s golf team lists 8 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 35. The NCAA tracked 31 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, NMSU Main Campus fields 22 golf athletes — 14 on the men’s side and 8 on the women’s.
Of the 13 varsity sports NMSU Main Campus reports, golf comes in at #9 by total roster size.
The men’s golf program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 1 work full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Mike Dirks.
The women’s golf program employs 1 coach — 1 head coach. Of those, 1 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Danny Bowen.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 1.
Among the school’s 13 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 NMSU Main Campus men’s golf program brought in $615,151 in revenue against $615,151 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $10,137 in operating expense per athlete, or $141,919 per team.
The NMSU Main Campus women’s golf program generated $416,247 in revenue against $416,247 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $14,334 in operating expense per athlete, or $114,672 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $615,151 to the women’s $416,247 in revenue.
Among the school’s 13 sports, golf sits #8 by revenue, or about 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s golf team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (975 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 75%. Year over year, it held onto 96% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s golf team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (985 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 88%. It retained 99% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 1000 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 75% and 88% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 983, golf grades out ahead at 1000.
When NMSU Main Campus earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, we note it here. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.