by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Tennis at Georgia Southern University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. GaSou plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Sun Belt Conference.
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The GaSou men’s tennis team fields 9 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 36. The most recent cohort included 34 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The GaSou women’s tennis team fields 9 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 36. Academic data covers 34 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, GaSou carries 18 tennis athletes — 9 on the men’s side and 9 on the women’s.
Of the 14 varsity sports GaSou reports, tennis ranks #10 by total roster size.
The men’s tennis program employs 1 coach — 1 head coach. Of those, 1 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Andrew Goodwin.
The women’s tennis program carries 1 coach — 1 head coach. In all, 1 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Sean McCaffrey.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 1 coach to the women’s 1.
Across the school’s 14 sports, tennis sits #9 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The GaSou men’s tennis program reported $415,888 in revenue against $415,888 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $14,738 in operating expense per athlete, or $132,645 per team.
The GaSou women’s tennis program generated $502,147 in revenue against $502,147 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $14,842 in operating expense per athlete, or $133,582 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team generated $415,888 to the women’s $502,147 in revenue.
Against the school’s 14 sports, tennis ranks #7 by revenue, accounting for 2% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s tennis team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (969 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 88%. The program kept 95% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s tennis team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 983 (992 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 98% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 1000 and the women 983, with graduation success rates of 88% and 100% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 986, tennis grades out ahead at 992.
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