This page takes a deep look at Tennis at Dartmouth College, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Dartmouth competes in NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of The Ivy League.
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The Dartmouth men’s tennis team fields 11 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 42. Academic data covers 37 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Dartmouth women’s tennis team fields 11 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 40. The NCAA tracked 39 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, Dartmouth fields 22 tennis athletes — 11 on the men’s side and 11 on the women’s.
Among the 22 varsity sports Dartmouth sponsors, tennis comes in at #13 by total roster size.
The men’s tennis program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 2 work full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Justin DeSanto.
The women’s tennis program employs 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 2 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Bob Dallis.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 2.
Across the school’s 22 sports, tennis ranks #11 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Dartmouth men’s tennis program reported $408,719 in revenue against $408,719 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $13,044 in operating expense per athlete, or $143,485 per team.
The Dartmouth women’s tennis program generated $402,016 in revenue against $402,016 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $14,068 in operating expense per athlete, or $154,745 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $408,719 to the women’s $402,016 in revenue.
Against the school’s 22 sports, tennis ranks #10 by revenue, accounting for 2% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s tennis team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 986 (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 recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 987 (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.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 986 and the women 987, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 995, tennis trails the average at 986.
When Dartmouth places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we note it here. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.