by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Golf at University of Houston, a spring sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. UH competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big 12 Conference.
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The UH men’s golf team carries 12 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 49. The most recent cohort included 49 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The UH women’s golf team carries 10 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 45. Academic data covers 34 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, UH fields 22 golf athletes — 12 on the men’s side and 10 on the women’s.
Among the 13 varsity sports UH sponsors, golf ranks #7 by total roster size.
The men’s golf program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 2 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Jonathan Dismuke.
The women’s golf program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 2 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Lydia Gumm.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
Among the school’s 13 sports, golf sits #4 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UH men’s golf program generated $866,072 in revenue against $866,072 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $20,785 in operating expense per athlete, or $249,424 per team.
The UH women’s golf program generated $831,750 in revenue against $831,750 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $22,085 in operating expense per athlete, or $220,851 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team brought in $866,072 to the women’s $831,750 in revenue.
Against the school’s 13 sports, golf ranks #6 by revenue, accounting for 2% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s golf team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 989 (968 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 85%. Year over year, it held onto 97% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s golf team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 992 (982 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 83%. The program kept 98% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 989 and the women 992, with graduation success rates of 85% and 83% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 984, golf comes in above the pack at 990.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.