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Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference

University of Notre Dame Men's Golf

Notre Dame, IN · the Fighting Irish · University of Notre Dame overview
9
Roster
at the D-I cap of 9
$1.5M
Team budget
91st percentile in Division I
$169,371
Per roster spot
median $51,149
3
Coaches
1 head · 2 assistant
988
APR
100% of players retained
12%
Admitted
top 10% for selectivity

University of Notre Dame fields a men's golf team in the Atlantic Coast Conference (NCAA Division I). In 2024–25 the roster carried 9 players, below the median of 10, with 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Team expenses were $1,524,345, well above the median of $508k — $169,371 per roster spot, top 10% of Division I men's golf programs. That is exactly the Division I roster cap of 9 in force from 2025-26. The team's multi-year Academic Progress Rate is 988, about the median of 993, with 100% of players retained year to year. The school gave $18,224,011 in athletic aid across its men's teams, about $37,730 per roster spot.

Among Division I men's golf programs

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

Team budget$1.5M
Spend per player$169,371
Roster size9
Coaching staff3
APR988

Team budgets across the division

$77k$2.6M
this programevery Division I men's golf program

Roster sizes (cap 9)

615
this programevery Division I roster

The program

  • Roster9 2024–25 season
  • Division I roster cap9 at the cap
  • Coaching staff1 head, 2 assistant
  • Team expenses$1,524,345 for the year
  • Operating expenses$482,765 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$169,371 division median $51,149
  • Academic Progress Rate988 multi-year; 972 latest
  • Players retained100% year to year
  • Eligible98% of player-terms
  • Athletic aid, men's teams$18,224,011 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$37,730 across men's teams
  • Recruiting spend, men's$2,848,525 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
John Handrigan head coachHead Coachnot on file
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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

What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.
8,968undergraduates · 13,174 students in all
Women 47% Men 53%
Setting
Suburb
Type
Private · Research university
Affiliation
Roman Catholic
12%admitted · of 28,353 applicants
SAT middle 50%1440 – 1540
ACT middle 50%33 – 35
Test scores
Test-optional
Graduate in 6 yrs
97%
9on the roster · 2024–25 season
Roster vs the D-I cap of 99
exactly at the cap
Academic Progress Rate988
100% of players kept year to year
Team expenses
$1,524,345 $169,372 per roster spot · top 10% of Division I
Coaches
1 head · 2 assistant
Athletic aid, men's teams
$18,224,011
Recruiting spend, men's
$2,848,525
$29,083net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker price$83,271
Average net price$29,083
Net price by family income
$0–30k$8,873
$30–48k$6,216
$48–75k$14,841
$75–110k$20,449
$110k and up$46,879
Tuition & fees
$62,693

Campus safety

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0.95violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent0.95
Property7.80
In residence halls
45 burglaries · 20 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
7 over 2022–2024
25%of bachelor's degrees in business · 22 fields · Bachelor's, Doctorate, Master's
Business585 · 25%
Engineering331 · 14%
Social sciences330 · 14%
Biological sciences303 · 13%
Computer & information sciences179 · 8%

Research University of Notre Dame

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.

Men's Golf programs within 150 miles

University of Notre DameValparaiso University · 45 miKalamazoo College · 52 miTrine University · 64 miPurdue University Northwest · 64 miChicago State University · 71 miPurdue University Fort Wayne · 71 miRoosevelt University · 72 miDePaul University · 73 miHope College · 75 miLoyola University Chicago · 76 miNorthwestern University · 78 miNorth Park University · 78 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
Valparaiso University Division I · Missouri Valley Conference4510$318k100092%
Kalamazoo College Division III · Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association528$80k—76%
Trine University Division III · Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association6432$131k—85%
Purdue University Northwest Division II · Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference6413$89k—71%
Chicago State University Division I · Northeast Conference7112$178k97941%
Purdue University Fort Wayne Division I · Horizon League719$265k99486%
Roosevelt University Division II · Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference726$218k—94%
DePaul University Division I · BIG EAST Conference738$575k100074%
Hope College Division III · Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association759$38k—76%
Loyola University Chicago Division I · Atlantic 10 Conference769$387k98581%
Northwestern University Division I · Big Ten Conference789$1.5M9927%
North Park University Division III · College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin7811$74k—73%

Other men's golf programs in the Atlantic Coast Conference

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
Georgia Institute of Technology room for 18$2M$250,6861000vs
Stanford University at cap9$1.9M$210,5921000vs
Florida State University 1 over cap10$1.9M$188,146988vs
Wake Forest University at cap9$1.6M$173,4641000vs
University of Notre Dame at cap9$1.5M$169,371988vs
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 1 over cap10$1.5M$145,6131000vs
University of California, Berkeley 3 over cap12$1.4M$115,835990vs
Southern Methodist University 1 over cap10$1.3M$133,288987vs
Duke University 1 over cap10$1.3M$131,3731000vs
Clemson University 2 over cap11$1.1M$101,949994vs
University of Virginia 1 over cap10$1.1M$110,6361000vs
North Carolina State University 2 over cap11$958k$87,126994vs
University of Louisville 1 over cap10$735k$73,463992vs
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University room for 18$716k$89,461984vs
Boston College room for 18$482k$60,220995vs

Every Atlantic Coast Conference men's golf program · Men's Golf budgets ranked