by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Golf at Santa Clara University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. SCU is classified as NCAA Division I without football as a member of West Coast Conference.
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The SCU men’s golf team lists 12 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 36. Academic data covers 34 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The SCU women’s golf team fields 11 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 30. The NCAA tracked 34 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, SCU fields 23 golf athletes — 12 on the men’s side and 11 on the women’s.
Among the 14 varsity sports SCU reports, golf ranks #9 by total roster size.
The men’s golf program employs 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 2 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Andrew Larkin.
The women’s golf program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 2 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Krystal Kelly.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
Across the school’s 14 sports, golf sits #6 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The SCU men’s golf program generated $706,940 in revenue against $706,940 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $7,309 in operating expense per athlete, or $87,711 per team.
The SCU women’s golf program brought in $757,571 in revenue against $757,571 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $7,748 in operating expense per athlete, or $85,230 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $706,940 to the women’s $757,571 in revenue.
Among the school’s 14 sports, golf sits #6 by revenue, accounting for 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s golf team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (993 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 90%. It retained 99% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s golf team earned 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.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 1000 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 90% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 992, golf sits above average at 1000.
When SCU places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, you’ll see it called out. College Factual’s sports rankings weigh both athletics and academics.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.