by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Golf at University of Kansas, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. KU is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big 12 Conference.
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The KU men’s golf team fields 12 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 44. The most recent cohort included 45 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The KU women’s golf team lists 10 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 41. Academic data covers 46 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, KU fields 22 golf athletes — 12 on the men’s side and 10 on the women’s.
Among the 14 varsity sports KU sponsors, golf comes in at #9 by total roster size.
The men’s golf program employs 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 2 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Jamie Bermel.
The women’s golf program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 2 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Lindsay Kuhle.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
Across the school’s 14 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 KU men’s golf program generated $531,489 in revenue against $1,233,258 in expenses, a net loss of $701,769. That works out to about $27,059 in operating expense per athlete, or $324,706 per team.
The KU women’s golf program reported $1,243,243 in revenue against $1,243,243 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $24,770 in operating expense per athlete, or $247,702 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team brought in $531,489 to the women’s $1,243,243 in revenue.
Among the school’s 14 sports, golf sits #9 by revenue, accounting for 1% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s golf team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (981 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 96% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s golf team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (994 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 99% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the 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 991, golf sits above average at 1000.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.