by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Golf at The University of Alabama, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. UA competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Southeastern Conference.
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The UA men’s golf team lists 10 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 33. Academic data covers 35 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The UA women’s golf team carries 8 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 28. The most recent cohort included 30 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, UA fields 18 golf athletes — 10 on the men’s side and 8 on the women’s.
Of the 15 varsity sports UA reports, golf comes in at #11 by total roster size.
The men’s golf program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 2 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Jay Seawell.
The women’s golf program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 2 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Mic Potter.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
Among the school’s 15 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 UA men’s golf program brought in $1,888,450 in revenue against $1,888,450 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $15,144 in operating expense per athlete, or $151,440 per team.
The UA women’s golf program brought in $1,816,095 in revenue against $1,816,095 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $20,071 in operating expense per athlete, or $160,571 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team brought in $1,888,450 to the women’s $1,816,095 in revenue.
Against the school’s 15 sports, golf sits #7 by revenue, accounting for 2% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s golf team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (984 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. 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.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 1000 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 994, golf sits above average at 1000.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.