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Division I · Mountain West Conference

U.S. Air Force Academy Men's Golf

USAF Academy, CO · the Falcons · U.S. Air Force Academy overview
978
APR
99% of players retained
14%
Admitted
top 10% for selectivity

U.S. Air Force Academy fields a men's golf team in the Mountain West Conference (NCAA Division I). The team's multi-year Academic Progress Rate is 978, about the median of 993, with 99% of players retained year to year.

Among Division I men's golf programs

Where this program sits against its 303 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).

APR978

Team budgets across the division

$77k$2.6M

Roster sizes (cap 9)

615

The program

  • Division I roster cap9 from 2025-26
  • Academic Progress Rate978 multi-year; 1000 latest
  • Players retained99% year to year
  • Eligible97% of player-terms

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Tyler Goulding head coachHead CoachOn file · sign in
Jimmy MakloskiAssistant Golf CoachOn file · sign in
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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 players162,357 2024-25
  • Division I roster spots2,923 303 programs
  • Odds of a spot1 in 56 1.8% of high-school players hold a Division I roster spot

General NCAA rule for Division I; the men'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

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4,124undergraduates · 4,124 students in all
Women 29% Men 71%
Setting
Rural
Type
Public · Baccalaureate college
Affiliation
None
14%admitted · of 9,543 applicants
SAT middle 50%1250 – 1450
ACT middle 50%26 – 33
Test scores
Scores required
Graduate in 6 yrs
88%
Academic Progress Rate978
99% of players kept year to year

Campus safety

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35%of bachelor's degrees in engineering · 16 fields · Bachelor's
Engineering345 · 35%
Business138 · 14%
Social sciences102 · 10%
Multidisciplinary studies87 · 9%
Military technologies76 · 8%

Research U.S. Air Force Academy

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Men's Golf programs within 150 miles

U.S. Air Force AcademyUniversity of Denver · 46 miColorado Christian University · 50 miColorado State University Pueblo · 51 miColorado School of Mines · 54 miUniversity of Colorado Boulder · 72 miUniversity of Northern Colorado · 97 miColorado State University · 109 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
University of Denver Division I · West Coast Conference4611$818k100071%
Colorado Christian University Division II · Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference5011$378k——
Colorado State University Pueblo Division II · Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference5110$274k—100%
Colorado School of Mines Division II · Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference549$352k—60%
University of Colorado Boulder Division I · Big 12 Conference7210$1.1M98183%
University of Northern Colorado Division I · Big Sky Conference9710$330k98386%
Colorado State University Division I · Pac-12 Conference1098$856k100090%

Other men's golf programs in the Mountain West Conference

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
University of Nevada, Las Vegas at cap9$1.1M$125,451985vs
University of Wyoming room for 18$742k$92,7961000vs
San Jose State University 2 over cap11$693k$62,959960vs
University of California, Davis room for 18$661k$82,632993vs
University of Texas at El Paso 1 over cap10$659k$65,925976vs
University of New Mexico 1 over cap10$643k$64,2631000vs
Grand Canyon University 2 over cap11$549k$49,903993vs
University of Nevada, Reno room for 18$547k$68,389992vs
University of Hawaii, Manoa at cap9$449k$49,887987vs
U.S. Air Force Academy———978vs

Every Mountain West Conference men's golf program · Men's Golf budgets ranked