by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Tennis at Southern Methodist University, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. SMU plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Atlantic Coast Conference.
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The SMU men’s tennis team fields 15 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 37. The most recent cohort included 44 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The SMU women’s tennis team carries 8 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 35. Academic data covers 34 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, SMU carries 23 tennis athletes — 15 on the men’s side and 8 on the women’s.
Of the 13 varsity sports SMU reports, tennis ranks #8 by total roster size.
The men’s tennis program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 3 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Grant Chen.
The women’s tennis program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 3 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Kelcy McKenna.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 3.
Among the school’s 13 sports, tennis sits #5 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The SMU men’s tennis program brought in $1,716,644 in revenue against $1,716,644 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $35,005 in operating expense per athlete, or $525,077 per team.
The SMU women’s tennis program reported $1,404,604 in revenue against $1,404,604 in expenses, breaking even on the year. Per athlete, that is about $30,824 in operating expense per athlete, or $246,588 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $1,716,644 to the women’s $1,404,604 in revenue.
Against the school’s 13 sports, tennis sits #9 by revenue, or about 2% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s tennis team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 993 (992 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 78%. The program kept 98% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s tennis team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 993 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 78% and 100% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 989, tennis grades out ahead at 996.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.