This page takes a deep look at Tennis at The University of Texas at Arlington, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. UT Arlington is classified as NCAA Division I without football as a member of Western Athletic Conference.
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The UT Arlington men’s tennis team lists 8 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 34. Academic data covers 33 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The UT Arlington women’s tennis team fields 8 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 33. Academic data covers 34 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, UT Arlington fields 16 tennis athletes — 8 on the men’s side and 8 on the women’s.
Among the 9 varsity sports UT Arlington reports, tennis ranks #6 by total roster size.
The men’s tennis program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 1 are full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Diego Benitez.
The women’s tennis program employs 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 1 work full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Diego Benitez.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
Across the school’s 9 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 UT Arlington men’s tennis program generated $374,543 in revenue against $374,543 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $11,583 in operating expense per athlete, or $92,660 per team.
The UT Arlington women’s tennis program brought in $480,417 in revenue against $480,417 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $7,295 in operating expense per athlete, or $58,359 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $374,543 to the women’s $480,417 in revenue.
Against the school’s 9 sports, tennis ranks #6 by revenue, or about 5% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s tennis team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (974 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 83%. It retained 95% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s tennis team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (992 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 98% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 1000 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 83% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 983, tennis comes in above the pack at 1000.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.