by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Golf at Thomas More University, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Thomas More plays at the level of NCAA Division II with football as a member of Great Midwest Athletic Conference.
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The Thomas More men’s golf team fields 11 athletes.
The Thomas More women’s golf team carries 11 players.
Across both rosters, Thomas More carries 22 golf athletes — 11 on the men’s side and 11 on the women’s.
Of the 15 varsity sports Thomas More reports, golf comes in at #13 by total roster size.
The men’s golf program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 0 are full-time and 2 part-time. The head coach is Sebastian Sims.
The women’s golf program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 0 work full-time and 3 part-time. The head coach is Sebastian Sims.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 3.
Across the school’s 15 sports, golf sits #7 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Thomas More men’s golf program brought in $51,473 in revenue against $51,473 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $1,669 in operating expense per athlete, or $18,354 per team.
The Thomas More women’s golf program generated $63,201 in revenue against $63,201 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $2,088 in operating expense per athlete, or $22,969 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $51,473 to the women’s $63,201 in revenue.
Against the school’s 15 sports, golf sits #12 by revenue, or about 2% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.