by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Golf at Pacific Lutheran University, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. PLU plays at the level of NCAA Division III with football as a member of Northwest Conference.
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The PLU men’s golf team lists 8 athletes.
The PLU women’s golf team fields 4 student athletes.
Combined, PLU fields 12 golf athletes — 8 on the men’s side and 4 on the women’s.
Of the 13 varsity sports PLU sponsors, golf sits at #12 by total roster size.
The men’s golf program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 0 work full-time and 2 part-time. At the helm is Allan Patterson.
The women’s golf program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 0 are full-time and 2 part-time. At the helm is Allan Patterson.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
Across the school’s 13 sports, golf ranks #8 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The PLU men’s golf program brought in $73,057 in revenue against $61,667 in expenses, for a surplus of $11,390. That works out to about $4,232 in operating expense per athlete, or $33,858 per team.
The PLU women’s golf program reported $48,375 in revenue against $40,815 in expenses, for a surplus of $7,560. Per athlete, that is about $6,021 in operating expense per athlete, or $24,083 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $73,057 to the women’s $48,375 in revenue.
Against the school’s 13 sports, golf ranks #11 by revenue, accounting for 2% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
If PLU earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, you’ll see it called out. College Factual’s sports rankings weigh both athletics and academics.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.