by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Lacrosse at Duke University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Duke plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Atlantic Coast Conference.
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The Duke men’s lacrosse team lists 48 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 106. The most recent cohort included 105 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Duke women’s lacrosse team fields 40 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 113. Academic data covers 151 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, Duke fields 88 lacrosse athletes — 48 on the men’s side and 40 on the women’s.
Among the 18 varsity sports Duke sponsors, lacrosse ranks #3 by total roster size.
The men’s lacrosse program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 4 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is John Danowski.
The women’s lacrosse program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Kerstin Kimel.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 4.
Among the school’s 18 sports, lacrosse sits #6 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Duke men’s lacrosse program generated $3,673,589 in revenue against $4,657,330 in expenses, a net loss of $983,741. Per athlete, that is about $20,302 in operating expense per athlete, or $974,478 per team.
The Duke women’s lacrosse program brought in $2,548,738 in revenue against $3,087,323 in expenses, coming up short by $538,585. That works out to about $16,284 in operating expense per athlete, or $651,344 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $3,673,589 to the women’s $2,548,738 in revenue.
Against the school’s 18 sports, lacrosse sits #3 by revenue, accounting for 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s lacrosse team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (998 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 99% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s lacrosse team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 993 (996 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 97%. It retained 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 1000 and the women 993, with graduation success rates of 100% and 97% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 995, lacrosse comes in above the pack at 996.
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