Here we dig into Tennis at University of Illinois Chicago, a spring sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. UIC plays at the level of NCAA Division I without football as a member of Missouri Valley Conference.
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The UIC men’s tennis team lists 10 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 33. The most recent cohort included 33 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The UIC women’s tennis team fields 8 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 30. The NCAA tracked 30 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, UIC carries 18 tennis athletes — 10 on the men’s side and 8 on the women’s.
Of the 12 varsity sports UIC reports, tennis ranks #8 by total roster size.
The men’s tennis program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 1 are full-time and 2 part-time. At the helm is Jovan Parlic.
The women’s tennis program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 1 work full-time and 2 part-time. At the helm is Elizabeth Lumpkin Robinson.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 3.
Across the school’s 12 sports, tennis sits #5 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UIC men’s tennis program generated $468,281 in revenue against $468,281 in expenses, essentially breaking even. Per athlete, that is about $9,140 in operating expense per athlete, or $91,397 per team.
The UIC women’s tennis program reported $627,049 in revenue against $627,049 in expenses, breaking even on the year. Per athlete, that is about $10,243 in operating expense per athlete, or $81,942 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team generated $468,281 to the women’s $627,049 in revenue.
Among the school’s 12 sports, tennis ranks #6 by revenue, or about 4% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s tennis team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s tennis team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 100% 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 100% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 989, tennis grades out ahead at 1000.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.