by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Golf at University of Southern Mississippi, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Southern Miss is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Sun Belt Conference.
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The Southern Miss men’s golf team carries 12 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 35. The most recent cohort included 35 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Southern Miss women’s golf team carries 8 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 33. Academic data covers 30 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, Southern Miss fields 20 golf athletes — 12 on the men’s side and 8 on the women’s.
Among the 14 varsity sports Southern Miss reports, golf comes in at #9 by total roster size.
The men’s golf program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 1 work full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Eddie Brescher.
The women’s golf program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 1 are full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Colton Cowan.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
Across the school’s 14 sports, golf sits #9 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Southern Miss men’s golf program reported $334,839 in revenue against $334,839 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $8,754 in operating expense per athlete, or $105,053 per team.
The Southern Miss women’s golf program reported $413,822 in revenue against $413,822 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $12,461 in operating expense per athlete, or $99,684 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $334,839 to the women’s $413,822 in revenue.
Against the school’s 14 sports, golf sits #7 by revenue, accounting for 2% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s golf team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 985 (993 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 99% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s golf team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (976 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 88%. Year over year, it held onto 97% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 985 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 100% and 88% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 980, golf grades out ahead at 992.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.