by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Tennis at Michigan State University, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Michigan State plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big Ten Conference.
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The Michigan State men’s tennis team carries 9 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 39. The NCAA tracked 43 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Michigan State women’s tennis team fields 10 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 40. Academic data covers 34 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, Michigan State fields 19 tennis athletes — 9 on the men’s side and 10 on the women’s.
Of the 17 varsity sports Michigan State sponsors, tennis comes in at #12 by total roster size.
The men’s tennis program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 2 work full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Michael Flowers.
The women’s tennis program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 2 are full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Kim Bruno.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 3.
Across the school’s 17 sports, tennis sits #5 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Michigan State men’s tennis program brought in $1,330,096 in revenue against $1,330,096 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $36,673 in operating expense per athlete, or $330,056 per team.
The Michigan State women’s tennis program generated $1,355,644 in revenue against $1,355,644 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $26,887 in operating expense per athlete, or $268,865 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $1,330,096 to the women’s $1,355,644 in revenue.
Against the school’s 17 sports, tennis sits #9 by revenue, or about 2% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s tennis team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 994 (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.
The women’s tennis team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (987 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 100% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 994 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 991, tennis grades out ahead at 997.
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