by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Tennis at Florida Atlantic University, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. FAU is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of American Conference.
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The FAU men’s tennis team carries 10 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 38. Academic data covers 32 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The FAU women’s tennis team lists 9 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 34. The NCAA tracked 33 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, FAU carries 19 tennis athletes — 10 on the men’s side and 9 on the women’s.
Among the 14 varsity sports FAU sponsors, tennis sits at #8 by total roster size.
The men’s tennis program employs 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 1 are full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Ricardo Gonzalez.
The women’s tennis program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 1 are full-time and 3 part-time. The head coach is Ricardo Gonzalez.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 4.
Across the school’s 14 sports, tennis sits #5 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The FAU men’s tennis program generated $419,285 in revenue against $419,285 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $9,189 in operating expense per athlete, or $91,885 per team.
The FAU women’s tennis program reported $576,118 in revenue against $576,118 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $10,243 in operating expense per athlete, or $92,183 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $419,285 to the women’s $576,118 in revenue.
Among the school’s 14 sports, tennis ranks #8 by revenue, or about 2% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s tennis team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 991 (986 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 97% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s tennis team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 975 (1000 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 83%. It retained 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 991 and the women 975, with graduation success rates of 100% and 83% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 986, tennis lands below the pack at 983.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.