by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Golf at University of South Dakota, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. USD competes in NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of The Summit League.
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The USD men’s golf team lists 10 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 38. Academic data covers 35 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The USD women’s golf team fields 8 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 35. The NCAA tracked 30 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, USD fields 18 golf athletes — 10 on the men’s side and 8 on the women’s.
Among the 13 varsity sports USD reports, golf sits at #7 by total roster size.
The men’s golf program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 1 are full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Grant Campbell.
The women’s golf program employs 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 1 are full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Brett Bennett.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
Among the school’s 13 sports, golf sits #6 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The USD men’s golf program reported $266,638 in revenue against $266,638 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $7,839 in operating expense per athlete, or $78,387 per team.
The USD women’s golf program brought in $340,036 in revenue against $340,036 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $8,097 in operating expense per athlete, or $64,775 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $266,638 to the women’s $340,036 in revenue.
Against the school’s 13 sports, golf ranks #8 by revenue, accounting for 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s golf team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (973 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 97% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s golf team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 991 (1000 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 100% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 1000 and the women 991, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 987, golf sits above average at 996.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.