by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Golf at San Diego State University, a spring sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. SDSU competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Mountain West Conference.
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The SDSU men’s golf team carries 13 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 33. The NCAA tracked 36 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The SDSU women’s golf team fields 8 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 32. The NCAA tracked 27 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, SDSU fields 21 golf athletes — 13 on the men’s side and 8 on the women’s.
Among the 16 varsity sports SDSU sponsors, golf comes in at #10 by total roster size.
The men’s golf program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 2 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Ryan Donovan.
The women’s golf program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 2 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Lauren Dobashi.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
Among the school’s 16 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 SDSU men’s golf program reported $1,995,996 in revenue against $2,490,790 in expenses, running a deficit of $494,794. This comes to about $144,068 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,872,880 per team.
The SDSU women’s golf program brought in $1,797,548 in revenue against $2,375,513 in expenses, running a deficit of $577,965. This comes to about $216,370 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,730,958 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $1,995,996 to the women’s $1,797,548 in revenue.
Against the school’s 16 sports, golf sits #3 by revenue, or about 4% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s golf team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 985 (977 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 62%. Year over year, it held onto 97% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s golf team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 985 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 62% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 985, golf sits above average at 992.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.