by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Tennis at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. UIUC is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big Ten Conference.
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The UIUC men’s tennis team fields 8 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 43. The most recent cohort included 43 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The UIUC women’s tennis team lists 8 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 35. Academic data covers 32 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, UIUC fields 16 tennis athletes — 8 on the men’s side and 8 on the women’s.
Of the 15 varsity sports UIUC sponsors, tennis comes in at #11 by total roster size.
The men’s tennis program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 2 work full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Brad Dancer.
The women’s tennis program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 2 are full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Evan Clark.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 3.
Across the school’s 15 sports, tennis sits #6 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UIUC men’s tennis program generated $283,791 in revenue against $1,634,371 in expenses, a net loss of $1,350,580. That works out to about $31,517 in operating expense per athlete, or $252,138 per team.
The UIUC women’s tennis program generated $295,562 in revenue against $1,628,007 in expenses, running a deficit of $1,332,445. Per athlete, that is about $34,889 in operating expense per athlete, or $279,109 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $283,791 to the women’s $295,562 in revenue.
Among the school’s 15 sports, tennis sits #7 by revenue, accounting for 0% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s tennis team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 980 (988 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 91%. It retained 98% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s tennis team posted 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.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 980 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 91% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 991, tennis lands below the pack at 990.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.