by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Golf at Winthrop University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Winthrop plays at the level of NCAA Division I without football as a member of Big South Conference.
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The Winthrop men’s golf team lists 8 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 34. The NCAA tracked 32 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Winthrop women’s golf team lists 11 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 35. The most recent cohort included 31 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, Winthrop carries 19 golf athletes — 8 on the men’s side and 11 on the women’s.
Of the 11 varsity sports Winthrop sponsors, golf sits at #8 by total roster size.
The men’s golf program employs 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 1 are full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Kevin Pendley.
The women’s golf program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 1 work full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Kasay Holbrook Gambrell.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
Among the school’s 11 sports, golf ranks #3 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Winthrop men’s golf program reported $282,392 in revenue against $282,392 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $12,716 in operating expense per athlete, or $101,731 per team.
The Winthrop women’s golf program brought in $298,425 in revenue against $298,425 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $8,300 in operating expense per athlete, or $91,295 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $282,392 to the women’s $298,425 in revenue.
Among the school’s 11 sports, golf sits #6 by revenue, or about 5% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s golf team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 966 (953 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 97% of its athletes, with 94% 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%. It retained 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 966 and the women 992, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 976, golf comes in above the pack at 979.
When Winthrop places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, you’ll see it called out. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.