by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Golf at The University of Texas at El Paso, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. UTEP competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Conference USA.
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The UTEP men’s golf team fields 10 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 45. The NCAA tracked 31 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The UTEP women’s golf team fields 8 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 37. The most recent cohort included 35 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, UTEP fields 18 golf athletes — 10 on the men’s side and 8 on the women’s.
Among the 12 varsity sports UTEP sponsors, golf sits at #8 by total roster size.
The men’s golf program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 1 are full-time and 2 part-time. The head coach is Aaron Puetz.
The women’s golf program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 1 work full-time and 2 part-time. The head coach is Stephen Sims.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 3.
Across the school’s 12 sports, golf ranks #4 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UTEP men’s golf program generated $426,627 in revenue against $659,254 in expenses, coming up short by $232,627. That works out to about $10,172 in operating expense per athlete, or $101,719 per team.
The UTEP women’s golf program generated $198,214 in revenue against $529,994 in expenses, a net loss of $331,780. This comes to about $13,271 in operating expense per athlete, or $106,165 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $426,627 to the women’s $198,214 in revenue.
Among the school’s 12 sports, golf ranks #5 by revenue, or about 2% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s golf team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 991 (976 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 91%. It retained 98% of its athletes, with 96% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s golf team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 992 (1000 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 991 and the women 992, with graduation success rates of 91% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 986, golf grades out ahead at 992.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.