by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Golf at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. SIUC competes in NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Missouri Valley Conference.
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The SIUC men’s golf team carries 10 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 36. The NCAA tracked 39 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The SIUC women’s golf team fields 10 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 33. The most recent cohort included 42 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, SIUC fields 20 golf athletes — 10 on the men’s side and 10 on the women’s.
Of the 12 varsity sports SIUC sponsors, golf comes in at #8 by total roster size.
The men’s golf program employs 1 coach — 1 head coach. Staffing-wise, 1 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Justin Fetcho (Interim).
The women’s golf program employs 1 coach — 1 head coach. In all, 1 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Samantha Sambursky.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 1 coach to the women’s 1.
Across the school’s 12 sports, golf ranks #9 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The SIUC men’s golf program reported $364,375 in revenue against $364,375 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $12,558 in operating expense per athlete, or $125,581 per team.
The SIUC women’s golf program reported $294,237 in revenue against $294,237 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $9,880 in operating expense per athlete, or $98,795 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $364,375 to the women’s $294,237 in revenue.
Against the school’s 12 sports, golf sits #9 by revenue, accounting for 2% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s golf team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 972 (948 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 82%. It retained 94% of its athletes, with 96% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s golf team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 994 (1000 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 98% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 972 and the women 994, with graduation success rates of 82% and 100% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 979, golf comes in above the pack at 983.
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