by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Tennis at Fairfield University, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Fairfield U competes in NCAA Division I without football as a member of Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
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The Fairfield U men’s tennis team lists 11 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 24. The most recent cohort included 32 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Fairfield U women’s tennis team lists 10 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 24. The most recent cohort included 28 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, Fairfield U fields 21 tennis athletes — 11 on the men’s side and 10 on the women’s.
Among the 14 varsity sports Fairfield U reports, tennis sits at #10 by total roster size.
The men’s tennis program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 0 are full-time and 4 part-time. The head coach is Jeff Bricker.
The women’s tennis program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 0 work full-time and 4 part-time. At the helm is Jeff Bricker.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 4.
Across the school’s 14 sports, tennis sits #2 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Fairfield U men’s tennis program reported $403,466 in revenue against $403,466 in expenses, essentially breaking even. Per athlete, that is about $5,449 in operating expense per athlete, or $59,934 per team.
The Fairfield U women’s tennis program reported $388,335 in revenue against $388,335 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $6,083 in operating expense per athlete, or $60,833 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $403,466 to the women’s $388,335 in revenue.
Among the school’s 14 sports, tennis sits #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 982 (989 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 83%. It retained 98% of its athletes, with 96% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s tennis team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 971 (1000 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 982 and the women 971, with graduation success rates of 83% and 100% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 993, tennis lands below the pack at 976.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.