by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Tennis at Florida Southern College, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Florida Southern competes in NCAA Division II without football as a member of Sunshine State Conference.
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The Florida Southern men’s tennis team fields 16 players.
The Florida Southern women’s tennis team fields 11 athletes.
Between the two teams, Florida Southern carries 27 tennis athletes — 16 on the men’s side and 11 on the women’s.
Of the 13 varsity sports Florida Southern reports, tennis sits at #7 by total roster size.
The men’s tennis program is staffed by 8 coaches — 1 head coach and 7 assistants. Staffing-wise, 1 work full-time and 7 part-time. The head coach is Rhett Rollyson.
The women’s tennis program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 1 are full-time and 2 part-time. At the helm is Trish Riddell.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 8 coaches to the women’s 3.
Across the school’s 13 sports, tennis ranks #2 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Florida Southern men’s tennis program brought in $361,550 in revenue against $361,550 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $2,873 in operating expense per athlete, or $45,974 per team.
The Florida Southern women’s tennis program brought in $362,987 in revenue against $362,987 in expenses, essentially breaking even. Per athlete, that is about $3,598 in operating expense per athlete, or $39,576 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $361,550 to the women’s $362,987 in revenue.
Among the school’s 13 sports, tennis sits #7 by revenue, accounting for 6% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
When Florida Southern earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. College Factual’s sports rankings weigh both athletics and academics.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.