by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Tennis at University of California-Irvine, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. UC Irvine competes in NCAA Division I without football as a member of Big West Conference.
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The UC Irvine men’s tennis team carries 9 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 32. Academic data covers 31 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The UC Irvine women’s tennis team carries 11 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 29. The NCAA tracked 26 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, UC Irvine fields 20 tennis athletes — 9 on the men’s side and 11 on the women’s.
Of the 11 varsity sports UC Irvine reports, tennis sits at #9 by total roster size.
The men’s tennis program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 2 are full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Mike Saunders.
The women’s tennis program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 2 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Elizabeth Ferris.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 2.
Across the school’s 11 sports, tennis sits #8 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UC Irvine men’s tennis program brought in $566,451 in revenue against $566,451 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $12,355 in operating expense per athlete, or $111,198 per team.
The UC Irvine women’s tennis program reported $396,683 in revenue against $396,683 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $6,212 in operating expense per athlete, or $68,330 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $566,451 to the women’s $396,683 in revenue.
Among the school’s 11 sports, tennis ranks #7 by revenue, or about 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’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.
The women’s tennis team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (993 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 96% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 1000 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 987, tennis grades out ahead at 1000.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.