by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Tennis at Virginia Commonwealth University, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. VCU plays at the level of NCAA Division I without football as a member of Atlantic 10 Conference.
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The VCU men’s tennis team carries 8 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 30. The most recent cohort included 28 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The VCU women’s tennis team lists 8 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 30. The most recent cohort included 30 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, VCU carries 16 tennis athletes — 8 on the men’s side and 8 on the women’s.
Of the 11 varsity sports VCU sponsors, tennis comes in at #7 by total roster size.
The men’s tennis program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 2 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Dimitar Kutrovsky.
The women’s tennis program employs 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 2 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Rifa Kahfiani.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
Among the school’s 11 sports, tennis sits #4 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The VCU men’s tennis program generated $760,497 in revenue against $760,497 in expenses, breaking even on the year. Per athlete, that is about $23,186 in operating expense per athlete, or $185,485 per team.
The VCU women’s tennis program brought in $631,244 in revenue against $631,244 in expenses, breaking even on the year. This comes to about $14,588 in operating expense per athlete, or $116,700 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $760,497 to the women’s $631,244 in revenue.
Among the school’s 11 sports, tennis ranks #6 by revenue, accounting for 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s tennis team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 978 (991 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 96% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s tennis team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 989 (990 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 978 and the women 989, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 986, tennis sits below average at 984.
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