by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Golf at Radford University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Radford competes in NCAA Division I without football as a member of Big South Conference.
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The Radford men’s golf team carries 10 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 36. The most recent cohort included 31 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Radford women’s golf team fields 8 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 25. The NCAA tracked 24 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, Radford carries 18 golf athletes — 10 on the men’s side and 8 on the women’s.
Among the 11 varsity sports Radford reports, golf ranks #8 by total roster size.
The men’s golf program employs 1 coach — 1 head coach. Staffing-wise, 1 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Michael Grant.
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 Jeff Beeler.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 1 coach to the women’s 1.
Across the school’s 11 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 Radford men’s golf program brought in $256,108 in revenue against $256,108 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $6,072 in operating expense per athlete, or $60,720 per team.
The Radford women’s golf program reported $266,481 in revenue against $266,481 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $9,006 in operating expense per athlete, or $72,046 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team brought in $256,108 to the women’s $266,481 in revenue.
Among the school’s 11 sports, golf sits #6 by revenue, accounting for 4% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s golf team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s golf team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (995 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 98% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 1000 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 985, golf sits above average at 1000.
When Radford earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
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