by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Tennis at Boston University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Boston U competes in NCAA Division I without football as a member of Patriot League.
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The Boston U men’s tennis team carries 8 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 30. The most recent cohort included 12 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Boston U women’s tennis team lists 11 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 32. The most recent cohort included 32 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, Boston U fields 19 tennis athletes — 8 on the men’s side and 11 on the women’s.
Among the 14 varsity sports Boston U reports, tennis ranks #10 by total roster size.
The men’s tennis program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 0 are full-time and 2 part-time. Leading the program is Matthew Tansil.
The women’s tennis program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 1 work full-time and 2 part-time. The head coach is Lesley Sheehan.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 3.
Across the school’s 14 sports, tennis ranks #8 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Boston U men’s tennis program generated $133,484 in revenue against $133,484 in expenses, breaking even on the year. Per athlete, that is about $6,667 in operating expense per athlete, or $53,332 per team.
The Boston U women’s tennis program generated $1,028,398 in revenue against $1,028,398 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $11,847 in operating expense per athlete, or $130,314 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team generated $133,484 to the women’s $1,028,398 in revenue.
Among the school’s 14 sports, tennis ranks #9 by revenue, or about 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s tennis team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (966 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 97% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s tennis team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 1000 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 994, tennis sits above average at 1000.
When Boston U earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.