by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Tennis at The University of Montana, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. UM plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Big Sky Conference.
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The UM men’s tennis team lists 10 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 35. The most recent cohort included 39 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The UM women’s tennis team lists 9 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 32. The NCAA tracked 31 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, UM carries 19 tennis athletes — 10 on the men’s side and 9 on the women’s.
Of the 10 varsity sports UM sponsors, tennis sits at #6 by total roster size.
The men’s tennis program is staffed by 1 coach — 1 head coach. Of those, 1 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Jason Brown.
The women’s tennis program is staffed by 1 coach — 1 head coach. Staffing-wise, 1 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Steve Ascher.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 1 coach to the women’s 1.
Among the school’s 10 sports, tennis sits #7 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UM men’s tennis program generated $1,649,948 in revenue against $498,043 in expenses, netting $1,151,905. That works out to about $737 in operating expense per athlete, or $7,367 per team.
The UM women’s tennis program reported $285,078 in revenue against $454,710 in expenses, running a deficit of $169,632. This comes to about $418 in operating expense per athlete, or $3,762 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $1,649,948 to the women’s $285,078 in revenue.
Against the school’s 10 sports, tennis ranks #3 by revenue, or about 6% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s tennis team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 993 (1000 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 100% of its athletes, with 100% 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 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 993 and the women 982, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 989, tennis lands below the pack at 988.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.