This page takes a deep look at Tennis at Butler University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Butler is classified as NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of BIG EAST Conference.
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The Butler men’s tennis team carries 8 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 35. The most recent cohort included 36 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Butler women’s tennis team lists 8 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 26. The most recent cohort included 29 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, Butler carries 16 tennis athletes — 8 on the men’s side and 8 on the women’s.
Of the 13 varsity sports Butler sponsors, tennis comes in at #11 by total roster size.
The men’s tennis program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 1 are full-time and 2 part-time. At the helm is Sam Miles.
The women’s tennis program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 1 work full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Cassie Shultz.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 2.
Across the school’s 13 sports, tennis ranks #5 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Butler men’s tennis program reported $508,919 in revenue against $482,507 in expenses, a net profit of $26,412. That works out to about $7,227 in operating expense per athlete, or $57,815 per team.
The Butler women’s tennis program reported $258,771 in revenue against $195,600 in expenses, for a surplus of $63,171. That works out to about $3,164 in operating expense per athlete, or $25,311 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $508,919 to the women’s $258,771 in revenue.
Among the school’s 13 sports, tennis sits #9 by revenue, accounting for 2% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s tennis team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s tennis team posted 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.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 1000 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 988, tennis grades out ahead at 1000.
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