by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Golf at Oakland University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Oakland competes in NCAA Division I without football as a member of Horizon League.
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The Oakland men’s golf team carries 8 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 31. The most recent cohort included 32 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Oakland women’s golf team fields 9 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 36. The most recent cohort included 33 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, Oakland carries 17 golf athletes — 8 on the men’s side and 9 on the women’s.
Among the 12 varsity sports Oakland reports, golf sits at #8 by total roster size.
The men’s golf program is staffed by 1 coach — 1 head coach. Staffing-wise, 1 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Darin Hudak.
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 Heather Fortushniak.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 1 coach to the women’s 1.
Among the school’s 12 sports, golf sits #8 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Oakland men’s golf program reported $533,618 in revenue against $533,618 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $32,112 in operating expense per athlete, or $256,899 per team.
The Oakland women’s golf program generated $316,572 in revenue against $316,572 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $8,254 in operating expense per athlete, or $74,286 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $533,618 to the women’s $316,572 in revenue.
Against the school’s 12 sports, golf ranks #6 by revenue, accounting for 5% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s golf team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 992 (975 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 86%. It retained 98% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s golf team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (986 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 100% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 992 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 86% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 982, golf comes in above the pack at 996.
When Oakland places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, you’ll see it called out. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.