Fairfield University Women's Golf
Fairfield University fields a women's golf team in the Metro Conference (NCAA Division I). In 2024–25 the roster carried 8 players, about the median of 8, with 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Team expenses were $315,826, below the median of $473k — $39,478 per roster spot, bottom quarter of Division I women's golf programs. That leaves room for 1 under the Division I roster cap of 9 in force from 2025-26. The team's multi-year Academic Progress Rate is 987, about the median of 1000, with 97% of players retained year to year. The school gave $5,594,516 in athletic aid across its women's teams, about $21,517 per roster spot.
Among Division I women's golf programs
Where this program sits against its 279 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).
Team budgets across the division
Roster sizes (cap 9)
The program
- Roster8 2024–25 season
- Division I roster cap9 room for 1
- Coaching staff1 head, 2 assistant
- Team expenses$315,826 for the year
- Operating expenses$115,703 game-day and travel
- Spend per roster spot$39,478 division median $59,127
- Academic Progress Rate987 multi-year; 1000 latest
- Players retained97% year to year
- Eligible95% of player-terms
- Athletic aid, women's teams$5,594,516 school-wide
- Aid per roster spot$21,517 across women's teams
- Recruiting spend, women's$167,482 school-wide
Coaching staff
| Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Doug Holub head coach | Head Coach | not on file |
| Sara Laterza | Assistant Coach | not on file |
| Conor Byrne | Graduate Assistant Men's & Women's Golf Coach | not on file |
Recruiting timing
- Coaches may first contact youJune 15 after sophomore year
- Your own emailsAny time the rule limits what coaches send back
- High-school golf players85,385 2024-25
- Division I roster spots2,285 279 programs
- Odds of a spot1 in 37 2.7% of high-school players hold a Division I roster spot
General NCAA rule for Division I; the women's golf recruiting guide has the date for each grad year, the eligibility checklist and what to put in a first email.
About the school
What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.Campus
Full picture →- Setting
- Suburb
- Type
- Private · Doctoral/professional university
- Affiliation
- Roman Catholic
Getting in
Full picture →- Test scores
- Test-optional
- Graduate in 6 yrs
- 84%
Women's Golf
Full picture →- Team expenses
- $315,826 $39,478 per roster spot · bottom quarter of Division I
- Coaches
- 1 head · 2 assistant
- Athletic aid, women's teams
- $5,594,516
- Recruiting spend, women's
- $167,482
Cost
Full picture →- Tuition & fees
- $56,360
Campus safety
Full picture →- In residence halls
- 4 burglaries · 12 sex offences over 2022–2024
- Residence-hall fires
- 7 over 2022–2024
Majors
Full picture →Research Fairfield University
School pages built around what an athlete needs to know — the program's money and roster room, admissions fit, what a family really pays, majors, campus life and safety.
Women's Golf programs within 150 miles
| School | Miles | Roster | Budget | APR | Admitted | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sacred Heart University Division I · Metro Conference | 4 | 9 | $432k | 992 | 68% | |
| University of New Haven Division I · Northeast Conference | 18 | 9 | $189k | — | 81% | |
| Western Connecticut State University Division III · Little East Conference | 19 | 10 | $17k | — | 81% | |
| Yale University Division I · The Ivy League | 20 | 8 | $334k | 1000 | 5% | |
| Albertus Magnus College Division III · Northeast Women's Golf Conference | 21 | 5 | $24k | — | 64% | |
| Manhattanville University Division III · Northeast Women's Golf Conference | 25 | — | — | — | 85% | |
| Quinnipiac University Division I · Metro Conference | 26 | 11 | $458k | 1000 | 77% | |
| Post University Division II · Independent | 28 | — | — | — | — | |
| Long Island University Division I · Northeast Conference | 29 | 9 | $483k | — | 90% | |
| Iona University Division I · Metro Conference | 32 | — | — | — | 91% | |
| Hofstra University Division I · Coastal Athletic Association | 35 | 10 | $306k | 998 | 71% | |
| Adelphi University Division II · Northeast 10 Conference | 37 | 10 | $130k | — | 78% |
Other women's golf programs in the Metro Conference
| School | Roster | Budget | Per player | APR | Compare | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quinnipiac University 2 over cap | 11 | $458k | $41,600 | 1000 | vs | |
| University at Albany room for 1 | 8 | $437k | $54,647 | 995 | vs | |
| Sacred Heart University at cap | 9 | $432k | $48,031 | 992 | vs | |
| Merrimack College at cap | 9 | $420k | $46,685 | — | vs | |
| Mount St. Mary's University room for 3 | 6 | $339k | $56,422 | — | vs | |
| Fairfield University room for 1 | 8 | $316k | $39,478 | 987 | vs | |
| Siena University room for 2 | 7 | $248k | $35,469 | 1000 | vs | |
| Niagara University room for 1 | 8 | $171k | $21,397 | 1000 | vs | |
| Iona University | — | — | — | — | vs | |
| Manhattan University | — | — | — | — | vs |
Every Metro Conference women's golf program · Women's Golf budgets ranked