by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Tennis at James Madison University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. JMU plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Sun Belt Conference.
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The JMU men’s tennis team carries 8 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 32. Academic data covers 29 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The JMU women’s tennis team fields 11 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 35. The NCAA tracked 33 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, JMU fields 19 tennis athletes — 8 on the men’s side and 11 on the women’s.
Among the 15 varsity sports JMU reports, tennis comes in at #10 by total roster size.
The men’s tennis program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 2 work full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Stephen Secord.
The women’s tennis program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 2 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Tyson Thomas.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
Across the school’s 15 sports, tennis sits #4 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The JMU men’s tennis program generated $695,144 in revenue against $695,143 in expenses, netting $1. That works out to about $18,384 in operating expense per athlete, or $147,071 per team.
The JMU women’s tennis program generated $953,023 in revenue against $953,024 in expenses, a net loss of $1. Per athlete, that is about $17,205 in operating expense per athlete, or $189,255 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $695,144 to the women’s $953,023 in revenue.
Against the school’s 15 sports, tennis sits #9 by revenue, or about 2% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s tennis team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 981 (966 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 83%. The program kept 95% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s tennis team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 992 and a Graduation Success Rate of 89%. Year over year, it held onto 98% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 981 and the women 992, with graduation success rates of 83% and 89% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 992, tennis lands below the pack at 986.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.