by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Tennis at Vanderbilt University, a spring sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Vanderbilt plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Southeastern Conference.
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The Vanderbilt men’s tennis team fields 16 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 37. The NCAA tracked 36 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Vanderbilt women’s tennis team fields 9 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 30. The NCAA tracked 31 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, Vanderbilt carries 25 tennis athletes — 16 on the men’s side and 9 on the women’s.
Among the 13 varsity sports Vanderbilt reports, tennis comes in at #8 by total roster size.
The men’s tennis program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 3 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Scott Brown.
The women’s tennis program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 3 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Aleke Tsoubanos.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 3.
Across the school’s 13 sports, tennis sits #4 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Vanderbilt men’s tennis program brought in $1,932,844 in revenue against $1,932,844 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $20,867 in operating expense per athlete, or $333,877 per team.
The Vanderbilt women’s tennis program reported $1,940,588 in revenue against $1,940,588 in expenses, right at break-even. That works out to about $40,736 in operating expense per athlete, or $366,627 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $1,932,844 to the women’s $1,940,588 in revenue.
Against the school’s 13 sports, tennis ranks #7 by revenue, accounting for 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s tennis team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 992 (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 992 (991 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 98% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 992 and the women 992, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 994, tennis sits below average at 992.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.