by our College Data Analytics TeamOn this page we break down Tennis at University of Memphis, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. UofM plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of American Conference.
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The UofM men’s tennis team lists 10 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 36. The most recent cohort included 36 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The UofM women’s tennis team carries 8 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 30. Academic data covers 31 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, UofM fields 18 tennis athletes — 10 on the men’s side and 8 on the women’s.
Among the 12 varsity sports UofM sponsors, tennis comes in at #8 by total roster size.
The men’s tennis program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 2 are full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Christopher Doerr.
The women’s tennis program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 2 are full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Hayden Perez.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 3.
Across the school’s 12 sports, tennis ranks #5 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UofM men’s tennis program brought in $689,620 in revenue against $689,620 in expenses, breaking even on the year. Per athlete, that is about $19,369 in operating expense per athlete, or $193,692 per team.
The UofM women’s tennis program reported $858,676 in revenue against $858,676 in expenses, breaking even on the year. Per athlete, that is about $28,305 in operating expense per athlete, or $226,443 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $689,620 to the women’s $858,676 in revenue.
Among the school’s 12 sports, tennis sits #7 by revenue, or about 2% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s tennis team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (985 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 97% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s tennis team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (983 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 96% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 1000 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 989, tennis sits above average at 1000.
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