by our College Data Analytics TeamWhen trying to decide if The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is right for them, student athletes may want to check out the information on this page about the school’s overall athletics program and the data on the particular sport of interest to them.
UT Knoxville is in the Southeastern Conference conference and faces off against other NCAA Division I-FBS schools.
A total number of 698 student athletes participate in varsity sports at the school, 355 of whom are male and 343 are female. On average, these students receive around $25,248 in sports-related student aid, which can help defray a lot of college costs. Breaking it down by gender, the average amount of sports aid awarded to men is $25,689 and the average awarded to women is $24,791.
There are 16 head coaches at UT Knoxville, 7 of whom lead men’s teams and 9 of whom head up women’s teams. The average salary of the men’s team head coaches is $1,947,678, while the head coaches of women’s team make, on average, $331,218 per year.
In addition to the head coaches of UT Knoxville sports, there are 27 assistant coaches of men’s teams and 24 assitant coaches of women’s teams. The annual average salary for those who coach women’s teams is $122,534 and the average for those who coach men’s is $362,982. Note, the individual salary of coaches is often dependent on the team they coach.
UT Knoxville sports teams made $152,662,163 in revenue, but they did have to spend $152,662,163 for expenses. So, basically, the school broke even - but that’s a whole lot better than losing money!
Likewise, money made for women’s athletics can vary quite a bit by sport. Here’s what the comparison looks like for women’s sports at UT Knoxville.
Below we give a summary of the data we have for each sport at UT Knoxville, including rankings when the school made it to one of our Best Schools for a Sport lists. College Factual’s sports rankings are a little different than the other ones you’ll find on the Internet, since our analyses take both athletics and academics into account. We believe it’s important to get a great education, whether you participate in sports or not.
The UT Knoxville men’s baseball team is made up of 51 players who, in turn, are trained and guided by a head coach and 2 assistant coaches. The team has an excellent academic progress rate of 975 - proof that they don’t ignore the importance of getting a good education.
On the money side of things, the UT Knoxville baseball program brought home $3,016,436 in revenue and paid out $6,250,169 in total expenses. Unfortunately, that means the program lost money, racking up a net loss of $-3,233,733.
The 14 players of the UT Knoxville women’s basketball team are led by a head coach and 3 assistant coaches. With an excellent academic progress rate of 971, the team has shown that they take there time in the classroom seriously.
The women’s basketball program at UT Knoxville made $2,406,892 in revenue and spent $5,911,132 in expenses. This is a bit of a downer since it means that the program lost money, $-3,504,240 to be exact.
The 130-player men’s football team at UT Knoxville is kept in shape by one head coach and 10 assistant coaches. You may be interested in knowing that the team’s academic progress rate is 967.
On the money side of things, the UT Knoxville football program brought home $100,982,596 in revenue and paid out $39,755,021 in total expenses. That is, the program raked in a net profit of $61,227,575 for the school. Not all college sports teams can say that.
The head coach and assistant coach train and lead the 11 players of the UT Knoxville men’s golf team. With an excellent academic progress rate of 1000, the team has shown that they take there time in the classroom seriously.
UT Knoxville brought in $50,728 in revenue from its men’s golf program while paying out $1,244,795 in expenses. This is a bit of a downer since it means that the program lost money, $-1,194,067 to be exact.
The UT Knoxville women’s golf team is made up of 8 players who, in turn, are trained and guided by a head coach and an assistant coach. In addition to spending time on the field, teammates score well in the classroom, too. As a whole, the team has a super academic progress rate of 993.
On the money side of things, the UT Knoxville women’s golf program brought home $99,219 in revenue and paid out $1,364,410 in total expenses. That’s not such good news since it means the program lost money to the tune of $-1,265,191.
The 62-player women’s rowing team at UT Knoxville is kept in shape by one head coach and 3 assistant coaches. With an excellent academic progress rate of 991, the team has shown that they take there time in the classroom seriously.
The UT Knoxville women’s rowing program paid out $2,666,697 in expenses while making $168,476 in total revenue. That’s not such good news since it means the program lost money to the tune of $-2,498,221.
The 38 players of the UT Knoxville women’s soccer team are led by a head coach and 2 assistant coaches. With an excellent academic progress rate of 987, the team has shown that they take there time in the classroom seriously.
On the money side of things, the UT Knoxville women’s soccer program brought home $234,625 in revenue and paid out $2,529,503 in total expenses. Unfortunately, that means the program lost money, racking up a net loss of $-2,294,878.
There are 24 players on the UT Knoxville women’s softball team, and they are led by one head coach and 2 assistant coaches. The team members have more than softball on their mind, too, as seen by the team’s great academic progress rate of 1000.
The UT Knoxville women’s softball program paid out $3,290,204 in expenses while making $731,504 in total revenue. Unfortunately, that means the program lost money, racking up a net loss of $-2,558,700.
There are 35 players on the UT Knoxville men’s swimming and diving team, and they are led by one head coach and 5 assistant coaches.
The men’s swimming and diving program at UT Knoxville made $173,134 in revenue and spent $2,374,329 in expenses. That’s not such good news since it means the program lost money to the tune of $-2,201,195.
The 48 players of the UT Knoxville women’s swimming and diving team are led by a head coach and 5 assistant coaches.
On the money side of things, the UT Knoxville women’s swimming and diving program brought home $172,370 in revenue and paid out $2,174,259 in total expenses. This is a bit of a downer since it means that the program lost money, $-2,001,889 to be exact.
The head coach and assistant coach train and lead the 10 players of the UT Knoxville men’s tennis team. The team has an academic progress rate of 968, which is a measure of how well they do in the classroom.
UT Knoxville brought in $30,509 in revenue from its men’s tennis program while paying out $1,428,776 in expenses. That’s not such good news since it means the program lost money to the tune of $-1,398,267.
The head coach and assistant coach train and lead the 9 players of the UT Knoxville women’s tennis team. With an excellent academic progress rate of 992, the team has shown that they take there time in the classroom seriously.
UT Knoxville brought in $56,021 in revenue from its women’s tennis program while paying out $1,354,675 in expenses. This is a bit of a downer since it means that the program lost money, $-1,298,654 to be exact.
There are 100 players on the UT Knoxville men’s track and field team, and they are led by one head coach and 5 assistant coaches.
UT Knoxville brought in $82,102 in revenue from its men’s track and field program while paying out $1,942,392 in expenses. This is a bit of a downer since it means that the program lost money, $-1,860,290 to be exact.
There are 120 players on the UT Knoxville women’s track and field team, and they are led by one head coach and 5 assistant coaches.
UT Knoxville brought in $92,940 in revenue from its women’s track and field program while paying out $2,884,662 in expenses. That’s not such good news since it means the program lost money to the tune of $-2,791,722.
The 20 players of the UT Knoxville women’s volleyball team are led by a head coach and 2 assistant coaches. With an excellent academic progress rate of 1000, the team has shown that they take there time in the classroom seriously.
The women’s volleyball program at UT Knoxville made $268,269 in revenue and spent $2,287,756 in expenses. That’s not such good news since it means the program lost money to the tune of $-2,019,487.
It’s possible that you may not find your favorite sport on this page, since we only include those sports on which we have data.
U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics Data Analysis (EADA)
The academic progress rate (APR) of each team was made available by the NCAA.
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