by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Golf at Western Kentucky University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. WKU plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Conference USA.
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The WKU men’s golf team carries 10 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 39. The NCAA tracked 40 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The WKU women’s golf team lists 9 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 30. The most recent cohort included 33 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, WKU fields 19 golf athletes — 10 on the men’s side and 9 on the women’s.
Among the 11 varsity sports WKU sponsors, golf ranks #6 by total roster size.
The men’s golf program is staffed by 1 coach — 1 head coach. Staffing-wise, 1 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Austin King.
The women’s golf program employs 1 coach — 1 head coach. Staffing-wise, 1 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Adam Gary.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 1 coach to the women’s 1.
Among the school’s 11 sports, golf sits #8 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The WKU men’s golf program reported $294,728 in revenue against $294,728 in expenses, breaking even on the year. Per athlete, that is about $10,955 in operating expense per athlete, or $109,554 per team.
The WKU women’s golf program generated $370,849 in revenue against $370,849 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $11,422 in operating expense per athlete, or $102,802 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $294,728 to the women’s $370,849 in revenue.
Against the school’s 11 sports, golf sits #8 by revenue, or about 2% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s golf team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (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 992 (1000 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 1000 and the women 992, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 989, golf sits above average at 996.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.