by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Golf at Texas Tech University, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Texas Tech plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big 12 Conference.
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The Texas Tech men’s golf team lists 10 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 43. The NCAA tracked 43 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Texas Tech women’s golf team fields 10 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 31. Academic data covers 38 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, Texas Tech carries 20 golf athletes — 10 on the men’s side and 10 on the women’s.
Of the 11 varsity sports Texas Tech reports, golf comes in at #8 by total roster size.
The men’s golf program employs 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 2 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Greg Sands.
The women’s golf program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 2 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is JoJo Robertson.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
Among the school’s 11 sports, golf sits #4 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Texas Tech men’s golf program reported $336,259 in revenue against $1,701,354 in expenses, a net loss of $1,365,095. This comes to about $48,731 in operating expense per athlete, or $487,309 per team.
The Texas Tech women’s golf program brought in $248,065 in revenue against $1,198,501 in expenses, coming up short by $950,436. This comes to about $36,227 in operating expense per athlete, or $362,268 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $336,259 to the women’s $248,065 in revenue.
Among the school’s 11 sports, golf sits #7 by revenue, accounting for 0% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s golf team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 981 (988 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 86%. Year over year, it held onto 97% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s golf team recorded 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 981 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 86% and 100% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 988, golf sits above average at 990.
When Texas Tech 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.