Specific Timetable: January 1, 2005

The explanation below details types of transportation and housing and money spent on meals during 2003-2004.

Transportation

Central Florida/Florida Atlantic, Gardner-Webb/Campbell, and Jacksonville/Stetson).

In the fall of 2003 men’s soccer flew to Tulsa (Oral Roberts) and Florida (Florida

Atlantic/Central Florida) while the women’s soccer team took no trips by air. In

the spring of 2004 the baseball team will fly to Boca Raton, Florida to play Florida Atlantic while the softball team is taking no trips by air. The volleyball team flew

to Florida to play Jacksonville, Stetson, and Bethune Cookman in the fall of 2003.

Housing

Men’s and Women’s Tennis	3
Men’s and Women’s Golf	3
Men’s and Women’s Cross Country	3-4
Men’s and Women’s Basketball	2
Men’s Soccer	2
Women’s Soccer	2-4
Baseball	4
Softball	3-4
Volleyball	4
Women’s Track and Field	3-4

In terms of length of stay before and after a competition, all the teams stay the night before and return to Nashville immediately after the game unless the game is a late one.

Meals and Per Diem

While there is no specified per diem for meals, the teams as a whole appear to essentially have a per diem in the range of $18-22 for 2003-2004 and seem to patronize equitable types of restaurants. See Appendix C.

teams during Lipscomb’s status as a provisional member of the NCAA (1999-2003) can be partially attributed to factors outside the control of the institution. In order to schedule the number of contests required by the NCAA the men’s team had to travel much further, as far away as California for instance. More local teams such as Middle Tennessee State and Austin Peay were willing to play the women’s team, whereas that was not true for the men. It should also be noted here that the women played in a tournament in the Bahamas during the 2002-2003 season and in the Waikiki Beach Marriott tournament in November 2003.

The Gender Equity Plan calls for annually reviewing and maintaining equity in transportation, housing during travel, per diem allowances, and dining arrangements. Inequities will be eliminated if they exist.

Tutors are provided for all student-athletes who request them or who are deemed as needing one by Academic Support Services under the direction of the Assistant Director of Athletics for Academics. Academic Support Services receives periodic updates from the faculty re each athlete’s academic performance in a class as well as midterm deficiency grades of D or F, and information on those reports may prompt finding a tutor for an athlete. Male and female athletes have equal access to tutoring, and the same pool of tutors is used for all student-athletes. No cap has ever been placed on the number of tutors the Athletic Department will pay.

No official records of the number of male athletes and number of female athletes who have been provided tutoring services have been kept, although no student desiring or needing a tutor has been denied one.

facility in the Athletic Department, there is no designated place and time for tutors to meet with those they tutor. The Assistant Director of Athletics emails the tutor’s contact information to the athlete needing help, and tutor and athlete mutually arrange a time and place for the tutoring session. This makes it difficult to monitor the quality of tutoring, although student-athletes working with tutors are informally asked to evaluate the effectiveness and conscientiousness of the tutor they have been assigned. There have been no complaints about tutors, but should there be a problem with any tutor, other tutoring arrangements would be made by the Assistant Director of Athletics for Academics.

The Gender Equity Plan calls for annually reviewing tutorial services, study halls, academic counseling, and the monitoring of the athletes’ academic progress. Inequities will be eliminated if they exist.

All head coaches are full-time employees of the university with the exception of coach of the men’s and women’s golf teams who is retired from the university and only coaches golf as his employment. The coach of both tennis teams is a full time faculty member in the Department of Kinesiology and receives a stipend to coach both teams. Coaches may have responsibility for more than one team, and/or have additional duties.

	2000-2001		2001-2002		2002-2003
	Women’s	Men’s	Women’s	Men’s	Women’s	Men’s
Head Coaches
Positions	7	6	7	6	7	6
FTE	3.75	3.25	4.41	3.58	4.41	4.08
Salary Dollars	$150,889	$212,089	$172,911	$242,391	$199,966	$271,403
Salary per FTE	$40,237	$65,258	$39,209	$67,707	$45,344	$66,520
Salary per Position	$21,556	$35,348	$24,702	$40,399	$28,567	$45,234
Assistant Coaches
Positions	5	4	9	8	12	8
FTE	3.00	3.25	4.08	4.92	6.25	5.25
Salary Dollars	$77,240	$97,310	$94,650	$126,000	$95,143	$136,800
Salary per FTE	$25,747	$29,942	$23,199	$25,610	$15,223	$26,057
Salary per Position	$15,448	$24,328	$10,517	$15,750	$7,929	$17,100

There is a fairly large difference in average salary between coaches of men’s sports and women’s sports for both head coaches and assistant coaches. The salaries of almost all of the head coaches who coach only a women’s team (basketball, softball, and soccer) are above the median salary for their counterparts at other private universities in the Atlantic Sun conference. Volleyball is the exception. The responsibilities of some of the head coaches of men’s teams are also different from those of the head coaches of women’s teams.

The Gender Equity Plan calls for creating a full-time head coaching position for softball and a full-time head coaching position for volleyball. The full-time head coaching position in softball would be filled for the 2007-2008 academic year, while the full-time head coaching position in volleyball would be filled for the 2008-2009 academic year. The Gender Equity Plan also calls for creating two additional assistant coach’s positions for women’s sports. An assistant coaching position would be filled for a women’s sport for the 2006-2007 academic year, while one assistant coaching position would be filled for a women’s sport for the 2008-2009 academic year. Lastly, coaches’ compensation would be reviewed annually and inequities would be eliminated if they exist.

The Athletic Department moved into 5,028-seat Allen Arena in the fall of 2001. The arena houses the athletic training room, athletic offices, a basketball/volleyball court, locker rooms for men’s and women’s basketball, softball, volleyball, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and women’s soccer, baseball, and visiting teams and 4 concession stands. Located in the adjacent McQuiddy Gym is the 4,000-square foot Strength and Conditioning facility. Opened in February 2001, the weight room features state-of-the-art equipment and is equally accessible to male and female athletes.

The lighted soccer field (also used for intramurals) is at the southwest corner of the campus. The players sit under covered soccer dugouts while the fans sit either on the hill on the north side of the field or on portable bleachers which are moved between the soccer field and the softball field as needed. Concessions are sold from a portable trailer.

is responsible for putting up and taking down the basketball goals (the arena is used

for events other than athletics) and helping with the maintenance and preparation of the baseball, softball, and soccer fields—as well as other athletic facilities work assigned by the Director of Athletics.
Identify areas of deficiency and comment on any trends.

There is largely gender equity in the quality and availability of practice and competitive facilities, locker rooms, and help with maintaining and preparing the various facilities. The 6 teams who do not have locker rooms—men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s cross country, and women’s indoor and outdoor track and field—do not practice on campus.

The Gender Equity Plan calls for maintaining the current equity in the locker rooms and the practice and competitive facilities for all sports as well as constructing an equitable softball facility in phases, beginning during the 2005-2006 academic year.

Female and male student-athletes have access to all aspects of the medical staff including certified athletic trainers, physicians, physical therapists, nurses, and other allied health professionals. Referral and access to these professionals is made on an as needed and medically indicated basis regardless of gender.

There is equal access to medical and training facilities and services for male and female student-athletes.

The Gender Equity Plan calls for annually reviewing the quality of the medical and training facilities and services with the Strength and Conditioning coach in charge of the training facilities and with the Head Athletic Trainer. Inequities will be eliminated if they exist.

Student-athletes live in residence halls and off-campus apartments or houses. There are no separate residence halls for athletes. In 2003-2004 senior student-athletes who received sufficient institutional aid were allowed to live off-campus and receive the equivalent of the cost of on-campus housing to pay their rent. However, that policy has been changed effective for the 2004-2005 year so that no one may receive money for off-campus housing. During pre-season, semester breaks, extended holiday periods, and after classes, campus housing is available. Those living off-campus usually have annual leases and are not affected.

Student-athletes are treated equally in regard to housing policies. Male and female student-athletes have similar on campus housing options although they do not have co-ed housing facilities. The same dining facilities and meal plans are available to all student-athletes. Fewer operating budget per capita dollars for women’s teams may mean that there is less meal money available for times that school is not is session.

The per diem spent on meals seems to be equitable between the men’s program and the women’s in that all the teams appear to have spent in the range of $18-22 per day in 2003-2004 during school holidays and when traveling.
Explain how the institution’s future plan for gender issues addresses the area.

The Gender Equity Plan calls for annually reviewing the facilities and dining arrangements by consulting with the university administration and the Student Athlete Advisory Committee. Inequities will be eliminated if they exist.

The heads of the sports information and marketing personnel are very well qualified. The Director of Athletic Media Relations has a law degree and has been writing sports for more than 25 years: 13 years as a sportswriter for the Nashville Banner where he was promoted to senior sportswriter and 9 years as the editor of the Shelbyville (TN) Times-Gazette. He is the former president of the Tennessee Associated Press Managing Editors. The Director of Athletic Marketing has been the director of marketing for Incentive Publications of Nashville, an account executive for Steve Diggs and Friends Advertising, a graphic artist for Colson Printing in Valdosta, Georgia, and special projects coordinator for Nashville! Magazine.

The sports information personnel do not show favoritism between men’s and women’s sports in their attempts to cover them and to obtain coverage for them by the local media. However the results of those attempts are not always equitable because of a greater local interest in and coverage of men’s sports. All of the men’s basketball games are broadcast over the radio while that is true for only the women’s away games. It is hard in the middle Tennessee sports climate to generate radio stations’ interest in broadcasting more women’s games and to generate as much interest by both radio and TV in inviting the coach of the women’s team to be a guest.

both full-time personnel and student workers in order to produce more efficient and equitable coverage of all sports.

The Gender Equity Plan calls for continued efforts to increase media coverage of all sports as well as annually reviewing those efforts. Inequities will be eliminated if they exist.

The Director of Athletics oversees the entire intercollegiate athletics program for men and women and reports directly to the university President. An Associate Director of Athletics, Assistant Director of Athletics for Compliance, Assistant Director of Athletics for Academics/Senior Woman’s Administrator, Director for Athletic Media Relations, Director for Athletic Marketing, and the coaches report directly to the Director of Athletics.

The Assistant Director of Athletics for Compliance and Assistant Director of Athletics for Academics/Senior Woman’s Administrator need secretarial help to keep up with the enormous paperwork of both of those positions, especially if the athletics program expands. One secretary/administrative assistant could be shared by the two of them. Expansion of the program would also necessitate the hiring of another secretary to meet the growing clerical/secretarial demands of the coaches’ responsibilities.

The Gender Equity Plan calls for continuing to provide equitable secretarial and administrative support, office space, and equipment for both men’s and women’s sports as well as reviewing these efforts annually. Inequities will be eliminated if they exist.

Coaches of all teams adhere to guidelines established by the NCAA and have the opportunity to recruit according to those standards. There are no additional restrictions. Coaches may move funds among line items at their discretion.

	2000-2001	2001-2002	2002-2003
Percent of Student-Athlete Population Female*	44% (78/179)	45% (84/187)	48% (97/201)
Percent of Athletic Aid Awarded to Female Student-Athletes	47% $416,601	51% $614,569	51% $691,595
Percent of Total Operating Expenses for Women’s Teams	37.5% $200,059	40.7% $229,978	46.6% $321.597
Percent of Total Recruiting Expenditures for Women’s Teams	44.2% $33,545	41.8% $35,873	43.9% $27,527

The percent of athletic aid awarded to female student-athletes and the percent of total operating budget expenses for women’s teams have both increased each year from 2000-2001 through 2002-2003. The percent of total recruiting expenditures for women’s teams was approximately the same in 2002-2003 as it was in 2000-2001, but it was less than the percent of the student-athlete population that was female.

The Gender Equity Plan calls for annually reviewing the recruiting needs of the women’s and men’s programs and adjusting recruiting allocations as necessary. Inequities will be eliminated if they exist. Also, the Gender Equity Plan calls for providing adequate staffing to support the efforts necessary to recruit to both the women’s and men’s programs. Full-time head coaching positions will be created for softball and volleyball, while two additional assistant coach’s positions will be created for women’s sports.

Appendix A

Maintenance and Replacement

For men’s basketball most of the gear is bought on a yearly basis, except for game uniforms and warmups kept 2-3 years; women’s basketball purchases home uniforms one year, away uniforms the next, and warmups the third year. Uniforms are washed in cold water and dried on low heat or air dried to maintain them.

Baseball also launders carefully all practice and competition wear. If a piece of clothing is slightly shrunk, then it is used for practice. Material from the pockets from old pants

is used to cover holes and rips. One piece of a uniform is bought every other year.

Some of softball’s practice apparel and uniforms are purchased annually, and some every other year. Softball spot treats its uniforms as part of their maintenance, and players hang their travel bags during competition in order to preserve them better. Extreme care is given to maintaining the pitching machine and other non-budgeted pieces of equipment. Uniforms are replaced when the appearance is no longer first class, and equipment is replaced when it is no longer functional.
The volleyball team maintains its uniforms carefully as well through the laundering done by the team manager. Uniforms are bought yearly due to number changes and wear and tear. The brand of balls used is set by the Atlantic Sun, and in order to run practice efficiently, a good supply of balls is maintained as they become damaged.
The cross country and track program (men and women’s) purchases running shoes each year and uniforms, warmups, and travel bags every 2-3 years and replaces equipment when necessary. Javelins, discuses, and shots are purchased only when needed.
Men’s soccer replaces the equipment used daily on a yearly basis. Other items

of equipment and apparel are replaced every 2 years unless there is a major defect.

Women’s soccer players turn in their uniforms and equipment at the end of each season.

The manager launders game and practice gear, and necessities such as ripped game shorts are replaced immediately if needed. Items of apparel are checked yearly for stains, rips, holes, and overly worn places. If an item has been discontinued or is beyond use, it is replaced. Balls are counted before and after practices and games and replaced when they no longer remain pumped up.

Due to the expense of replacing match uniforms and bags these items are taken up by the coach of both the men’s and women’s tennis team at the end of the spring season during the player’s exit interview (the exception is seniors who are allowed to keep theirs). Match uniforms are bought every four years. To minimize expense further, only easily replaced “stock” items are purchased. Practice wear is purchased yearly, and strings and grips are kept under the control of the head coach and team stringer and issued as needed. The best quality equipment is purchased for the lowest possible price.
For men’s and women’s golf practice and competition apparel is bought annually, and each player is responsible for the care of his or her equipment. Golf bags are replaced when they have reached the point of excessive wear.

Availability

For men’s and women’s basketball equipment and supplies are purchased as needed,

although budget concerns may limit the purchase of expensive items of equipment.

While the athletics program covers most areas of baseball’s operating expenses, the baseball players buy their own turf shoes, cleats, sleeves, jocks, and wind suits. For softball, budget allocations adequately cover needed apparel but seem inadequate to purchase equipment such as a pitching machine or field supply items.

Volleyball is able to purchase apparel and equipment as needed, as has men’s and women’s golf and men’s and women’s tennis.
In men’s soccer budget allocations plus money raised through the team’s annual alumni game cover equipment and apparel with the exception of the $75 each player pays for his shoes. In the past the women’s soccer players have paid for their own shoes as well, but for the 2004 season shoes will be covered by the team budget. Other expenses are

adequately met by the budget.

The equipment and supplies budget for men’s and women’s cross country and women’s indoor and outdoor track and field needs to be increased to cover more shoes and larger equipment such as an indoor high jump and indoor running pads.

Appendix B
Practice Schedules
The table below breaks down the number and length of practices per week per team for the Fall 2003 and Spring 2004 semesters.


Team Number of Practices Length/Time of Practice

Men’s and Women’s Tennis	Fall: 4 per week Spring: based on competitive schedule	Fall: 2-hour practices Monday through Thursday 3:00-5:00
Men’s and Women’s Golf	Fall and Spring: 3 per week for 10 weeks	Fall and Spring: 2-hour practices—3:00-5:00 3 days a week
Men’s and Women’s Cross Country	Fall and Spring: 5-6 days per week	Fall and Spring: 1 ½ to 2-hour practices—2:00-4:00 p.m. plus 6:00 morning runs
Women’s Soccer	Fall: 30 practices Spring: 18 practices	Fall: 20 practices of 2 hours 10 at 1 ½ hours Practice times: Mon. and Wed., 3:30—Tues. and Thurs. 4:00
Men’s Soccer	Fall: 70 practices (including preseason) Spring: 25-30 practices	Fall and Spring: 1 ½ to 2-hour practices scheduled between 2:00 and 6:00
Men’s Basketball	Fall (thru Christmas break): 56 practices Spring: 24 practices through Feb. 28	Fall: 1 ½ to 2 hours—6 days per week Spring: 1 hour 15 min. to 1 hour 45 min.—5 days per week
Women’s Basketball	Fall (thru Christmas break): 52 practices Spring (thru March 10): 29 practices (the women are eligible for postseason play; the men are not)	Fall: 1 hour 45 min. to 1 hour 50 min.—6 days per week—times vary according to class and lab schedules Spring: 1 hour 30 min.—5 days per week—times vary according to class and lab schedules—adjusted for travel

Softball	Fall: 22 practices Spring: 44 practices	Fall: 2-hour practices beginning at 2:30 or 3:00 Spring: 70 2-hour practices; 5 3-hour practices; 5 1 ½-hour practices beginning at 2:00 or 3:00
Baseball	Fall: 24 practices Spring: roughly 53 practices	Fall: 2 ½-hour practices beginning at 2:30 Spring: 2 ½-hour practices beginning at 2:30
Women’s Indoor/Outdoor Track and Field	Fall: those not participating in cross country practice 4-5 days per week, depending on availability of coach (also coaching cross country) Spring: 5-6 days per week early in semester and later 5 days with 6th day of competition	Fall and Spring: 1 ½ to 2-hour practices 4-5 days per week—scheduled anywhere from 2:00 to 4:30 p.m. depending on the availability of the high school track
Volleyball	Fall: 63 practices Spring: 33 practices	Fall: 2-hour practices beginning at 3:00 p.m. Spring: 2-hour practices beginning at 6:00 a.m.

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