Here we dig into Golf at Seattle University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Seattle U is classified as NCAA Division I without football as a member of West Coast Conference.
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The Seattle U men’s golf team fields 9 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 29. The most recent cohort included 35 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Seattle U women’s golf team carries 11 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 30. The most recent cohort included 37 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, Seattle U fields 20 golf athletes — 9 on the men’s side and 11 on the women’s.
Of the 12 varsity sports Seattle U reports, golf comes in at #7 by total roster size.
The men’s golf program employs 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 0 are full-time and 2 part-time. At the helm is Marc Chandonnet.
The women’s golf program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 0 work full-time and 2 part-time. At the helm is Marc Chandonnet.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
Among the school’s 12 sports, golf ranks #3 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Seattle U men’s golf program generated $487,376 in revenue against $487,376 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $18,695 in operating expense per athlete, or $168,257 per team.
The Seattle U women’s golf program brought in $672,880 in revenue against $672,881 in expenses, running a deficit of $1. That works out to about $18,982 in operating expense per athlete, or $208,797 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team generated $487,376 to the women’s $672,880 in revenue.
Against the school’s 12 sports, golf sits #5 by revenue, or about 5% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s golf team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 985 (995 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 90%. It retained 98% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s golf team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 985 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 90% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 986, golf grades out ahead at 992.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.