by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Tennis at University of Alabama at Birmingham, a spring sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. UAB competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of American Conference.
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The UAB men’s tennis team fields 7 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 41. The NCAA tracked 32 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The UAB women’s tennis team lists 8 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 35. The most recent cohort included 32 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, UAB fields 15 tennis athletes — 7 on the men’s side and 8 on the women’s.
Among the 14 varsity sports UAB sponsors, tennis ranks #10 by total roster size.
The men’s tennis program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 1 work full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Matt Coomer.
The women’s tennis program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 2 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Mark Tjia.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
Across the school’s 14 sports, tennis sits #4 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UAB men’s tennis program generated $363,766 in revenue against $317,699 in expenses, netting $46,067. That works out to about $6,870 in operating expense per athlete, or $48,088 per team.
The UAB women’s tennis program brought in $617,161 in revenue against $571,094 in expenses, a net profit of $46,067. Per athlete, that is about $8,339 in operating expense per athlete, or $66,715 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team brought in $363,766 to the women’s $617,161 in revenue.
Against the school’s 14 sports, tennis ranks #9 by revenue, or about 2% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s tennis team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 991 (1000 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s tennis team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 983 (1000 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 991 and the women 983, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 980, tennis comes in above the pack at 987.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.