by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Tennis at Alabama A & M University, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. AAMU competes in NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Southwestern Athletic Conf..
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The AAMU men’s tennis team fields 9 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 21. Academic data covers 26 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The AAMU women’s tennis team fields 8 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 26. The most recent cohort included 28 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, AAMU fields 17 tennis athletes — 9 on the men’s side and 8 on the women’s.
Among the 12 varsity sports AAMU sponsors, tennis sits at #8 by total roster size.
The men’s tennis program employs 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 1 work full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Willis Mbandi.
The women’s tennis program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 1 are full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Willis Mbandi.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
Among the school’s 12 sports, tennis sits #4 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The AAMU men’s tennis program brought in $107,839 in revenue against $94,088 in expenses, a net profit of $13,751. That works out to about $849 in operating expense per athlete, or $7,642 per team.
The AAMU women’s tennis program brought in $116,951 in revenue against $221,788 in expenses, coming up short by $104,837. This comes to about $2,326 in operating expense per athlete, or $18,604 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team brought in $107,839 to the women’s $116,951 in revenue.
Against the school’s 12 sports, tennis sits #8 by revenue, accounting for 2% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s tennis team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 970 (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.
The women’s tennis team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 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 970 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 946, tennis comes in above the pack at 985.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.