by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Golf at Northern Illinois University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. NIU plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Mid-American Conference.
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The NIU men’s golf team lists 9 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 44. The NCAA tracked 38 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The NIU women’s golf team lists 8 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 36. Academic data covers 30 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, NIU fields 17 golf athletes — 9 on the men’s side and 8 on the women’s.
Among the 14 varsity sports NIU sponsors, golf sits at #12 by total roster size.
The men’s golf program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 1 are full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is John Carlson.
The women’s golf program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 1 work full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Kim Kester.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
Across the school’s 14 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 NIU men’s golf program generated $533,341 in revenue against $533,341 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $21,072 in operating expense per athlete, or $189,644 per team.
The NIU women’s golf program brought in $500,287 in revenue against $500,287 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $17,473 in operating expense per athlete, or $139,781 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $533,341 to the women’s $500,287 in revenue.
Among the school’s 14 sports, golf ranks #5 by revenue, or about 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s golf team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (994 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 99% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s golf team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (993 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 99% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 1000 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 985, golf sits above average at 1000.
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