by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Golf at University of South Carolina-Upstate, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. USC Upstate is classified as NCAA Division I without football as a member of Big South Conference.
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The USC Upstate men’s golf team fields 10 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 33. The NCAA tracked 37 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The USC Upstate women’s golf team lists 7 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 26. Academic data covers 31 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, USC Upstate fields 17 golf athletes — 10 on the men’s side and 7 on the women’s.
Of the 10 varsity sports USC Upstate sponsors, golf comes in at #6 by total roster size.
The men’s golf program employs 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 0 are full-time and 2 part-time. Leading the program is Todd Lawton.
The women’s golf program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 0 are full-time and 2 part-time. Leading the program is Todd Lawton.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
Across the school’s 10 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 USC Upstate men’s golf program reported $326,700 in revenue against $326,700 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $5,105 in operating expense per athlete, or $51,047 per team.
The USC Upstate women’s golf program brought in $259,519 in revenue against $259,519 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $3,707 in operating expense per athlete, or $25,946 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $326,700 to the women’s $259,519 in revenue.
Against the school’s 10 sports, golf sits #6 by revenue, accounting for 5% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s golf team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 978 (1000 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 98% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s golf team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 983 (1000 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 83%. It retained 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 978 and the women 983, with graduation success rates of 100% and 83% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 980, golf grades out ahead at 980.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.