Here we dig into Tennis at San Diego State University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. SDSU competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Mountain West Conference.
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The SDSU men’s tennis team carries 9 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 37. Academic data covers 36 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The SDSU women’s tennis team fields 8 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 35. The NCAA tracked 31 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, SDSU carries 17 tennis athletes — 9 on the men’s side and 8 on the women’s.
Among the 16 varsity sports SDSU sponsors, tennis ranks #11 by total roster size.
The men’s tennis program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 1 work full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Gene Carswell.
The women’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 Nicolas Vinel.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
Across the school’s 16 sports, tennis ranks #4 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The SDSU men’s tennis program brought in $740,524 in revenue against $622,121 in expenses, a net profit of $118,403. That works out to about $17,767 in operating expense per athlete, or $159,906 per team.
The SDSU women’s tennis program reported $632,812 in revenue against $884,300 in expenses, a net loss of $251,488. That works out to about $19,186 in operating expense per athlete, or $153,484 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $740,524 to the women’s $632,812 in revenue.
Among the school’s 16 sports, tennis sits #10 by revenue, accounting for 2% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s tennis team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 991 (986 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 97% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s tennis team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 982 (1000 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 98% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 991 and the women 982, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 985, tennis grades out ahead at 986.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.