by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Golf at University of Louisiana at Lafayette, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. UL Lafayette is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Sun Belt Conference.
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The UL Lafayette men’s golf team lists 10 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 38. The most recent cohort included 40 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 11 varsity sports UL Lafayette sponsors, golf comes in at #9 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. Leading the program is Theo Sliman.
Across the school’s 11 sports, golf ranks #9 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UL Lafayette men’s golf program generated $601,385 in revenue against $601,385 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $16,042 in operating expense per athlete, or $160,420 per team.
Among the school’s 11 sports, golf sits #9 by revenue, or about 1% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s golf team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 980 (966 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 96% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
Against the school’s average team APR of 976, golf grades out ahead at 980.
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