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Division I · Mid-American Conference

University of Illinois Chicago Men's Tennis

Chicago, IL · the Flames · University of Illinois Chicago overview
10
Roster
at the D-I cap of 10
$468k
Team budget
52nd percentile in Division I
$46,828
Per roster spot
median $47,956
3
Coaches
1 head · 2 assistant
1000
APR
100% of players retained
79%
Admitted
lower half for selectivity

University of Illinois Chicago fields a men's tennis team in the Mid-American Conference (NCAA Division I). In 2024–25 the roster carried 10 players, about the median of 10, with 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Team expenses were $468,281, about the median of $452k — $46,828 per roster spot, lower half of Division I men's tennis programs. That is exactly the Division I roster cap of 10 in force from 2025-26. The team's multi-year Academic Progress Rate is 1000, about the median of 991, with 100% of players retained year to year. The school gave $2,364,899 in athletic aid across its men's teams, about $11,943 per roster spot.

Among Division I men's tennis programs

Where this program sits against its 232 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).

Team budget$468k
Spend per player$46,828
Roster size10
Coaching staff3
APR1000

Team budgets across the division

$56k$4.9M
this programevery Division I men's tennis program

Roster sizes (cap 10)

521
this programevery Division I roster

The program

  • Roster10 2024–25 season
  • Division I roster cap10 at the cap
  • Coaching staff1 head, 2 assistant
  • Team expenses$468,281 for the year
  • Operating expenses$91,397 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$46,828 division median $47,956
  • Academic Progress Rate1000 multi-year; 1000 latest
  • Players retained100% year to year
  • Eligible100% of player-terms
  • Athletic aid, men's teams$2,364,899 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$11,943 across men's teams
  • Recruiting spend, men's$187,112 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Jovan Parlic head coachHead CoachOn file · sign in
Mathis DebruAssistant Coachnot on file
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Recruiting timing

  • Coaches may first contact youJune 15 after sophomore year
  • Your own emailsAny time the rule limits what coaches send back
  • High-school tennis players158,667 2024-25
  • Division I roster spots2,279 232 programs
  • Odds of a spot1 in 70 1.4% of high-school players hold a Division I roster spot

General NCAA rule for Division I; the men's tennis recruiting guide has the date for each grad year, the eligibility checklist and what to put in a first email.

About the school

What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.
22,107undergraduates · 33,522 students in all
Women 56% Men 44%
Setting
City
Type
Public · Research university
Affiliation
None
79%admitted · of 25,420 applicants
SAT middle 50%1120 – 1340
ACT middle 50%25 – 32
Test scores
Test-optional
Graduate in 6 yrs
60%

Men's Tennis

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10on the roster · 2024–25 season
Roster vs the D-I cap of 1010
exactly at the cap
Academic Progress Rate1000
100% of players kept year to year
Team expenses
$468,281 $46,828 per roster spot · upper half of Division I
Coaches
1 head · 2 assistant
Athletic aid, men's teams
$2,364,899
Recruiting spend, men's
$187,112
$11,499net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker, in-state$36,364
Sticker, out-of-state$51,386
Average net price$11,499
Net price by family income
$0–30k$9,257
$30–48k$9,945
$48–75k$12,887
$75–110k$18,806
$110k and up$25,479
Tuition & fees
$15,816 in-state · $31,505 out

Campus safety

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0.87violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent0.87
Property2.23
In residence halls
21 burglaries · 24 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
3 over 2022–2024
18%of bachelor's degrees in business · 25 fields · Bachelor's, Doctorate, Master's
Business900 · 18%
Health professions & nursing747 · 15%
Biological sciences537 · 11%
Engineering531 · 10%
Computer & information sciences500 · 10%

Research University of Illinois Chicago

School pages built around what an athlete needs to know — the program's money and roster room, admissions fit, what a family really pays, majors, campus life and safety.

Men's Tennis programs within 150 miles

University of Illinois ChicagoDePaul University · 1 miRoosevelt University · 1 miIllinois Institute of Technology · 3 miUniversity of Chicago · 6 miConcordia University Chicago · 8 miChicago State University · 11 miNorthwestern University · 12 miElmhurst University · 15 miPurdue University Northwest · 22 miWheaton College (Illinois) · 23 miNorth Central College · 26 miLake Forest College · 28 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
DePaul University Division I · BIG EAST Conference19$643k100074%
Roosevelt University Division II · Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference116$220k—94%
Illinois Institute of Technology Division III · Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference38$90k—55%
University of Chicago Division III · University Athletic Association619$266k—5%
Concordia University Chicago Division III · Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference811$49k—93%
Chicago State University Division I · Northeast Conference118$143k100041%
Northwestern University Division I · Big Ten Conference1211$1.1M10007%
Elmhurst University Division III · College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin1511$11k—76%
Purdue University Northwest Division II · Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference229$155k—71%
Wheaton College (Illinois) Division III · College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin2310$66k—90%
North Central College Division III · College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin2612$62k—58%
Lake Forest College Division III · Midwest Conference2811$70k—59%

Other men's tennis programs in the Mid-American Conference

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
University at Buffalo, the State University of New York room for 37$637k$91,062981vs
Ball State University at cap10$577k$57,6841000vs
University of Illinois Chicago at cap10$468k$46,8281000vs
University of Toledo room for 37$445k$63,6411000vs
Western Michigan University 1 over cap11$422k$38,383994vs
Drake University room for 28$354k$44,2611000vs
University of Nebraska at Omaha room for 19$341k$37,901998vs

Every Mid-American Conference men's tennis program · Men's Tennis budgets ranked