by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Lacrosse at Florida Southern College, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Florida Southern competes in NCAA Division II without football as a member of Sunshine State Conference.
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The Florida Southern men’s lacrosse team lists 79 athletes.
The Florida Southern women’s lacrosse team fields 45 student athletes.
Between the two teams, Florida Southern fields 124 lacrosse athletes — 79 on the men’s side and 45 on the women’s.
Among the 13 varsity sports Florida Southern reports, lacrosse ranks #2 by total roster size.
The men’s lacrosse program employs 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. In all, 3 work full-time and 2 part-time. Leading the program is Marty Ward.
The women’s lacrosse program is staffed by 10 coaches — 1 head coach and 9 assistants. In all, 2 work full-time and 8 part-time. The head coach is Kara Reber.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 5 coaches to the women’s 10.
Among the school’s 13 sports, lacrosse sits #1 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Florida Southern men’s lacrosse program brought in $774,180 in revenue against $774,180 in expenses, breaking even on the year. Per athlete, that is about $1,991 in operating expense per athlete, or $157,259 per team.
The Florida Southern women’s lacrosse program brought in $836,554 in revenue against $836,554 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $5,433 in operating expense per athlete, or $244,487 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $774,180 to the women’s $836,554 in revenue.
Against the school’s 13 sports, lacrosse ranks #2 by revenue, or about 13% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
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