by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Tennis at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. UT Rio Grande Valley is classified as NCAA Division I without football as a member of Southland Conference.
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The UT Rio Grande Valley men’s tennis team fields 12 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 27. The most recent cohort included 29 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The UT Rio Grande Valley women’s tennis team lists 9 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 33. The NCAA tracked 31 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, UT Rio Grande Valley fields 21 tennis athletes — 12 on the men’s side and 9 on the women’s.
Of the 12 varsity sports UT Rio Grande Valley sponsors, tennis comes in at #5 by total roster size.
The men’s tennis program employs 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 1 are full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Nathan Robinson.
The women’s tennis program employs 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 1 are full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is West Nott.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
Across the school’s 12 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 Rio Grande Valley men’s tennis program brought in $327,464 in revenue against $327,464 in expenses, breaking even on the year. Per athlete, that is about $8,710 in operating expense per athlete, or $104,518 per team.
The UT Rio Grande Valley women’s tennis program reported $390,495 in revenue against $390,495 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $9,340 in operating expense per athlete, or $84,056 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team generated $327,464 to the women’s $390,495 in revenue.
Among the school’s 12 sports, tennis ranks #7 by revenue, accounting for 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s tennis team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 970 (989 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 83%. It retained 96% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s tennis team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 991 (975 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 95% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 970 and the women 991, with graduation success rates of 83% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 983, tennis lands below the pack at 980.
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