by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Lacrosse at Rochester Institute of Technology, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. RIT competes in Other as a member of Liberty League.
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The RIT men’s lacrosse team fields 58 athletes.
The RIT women’s lacrosse team carries 25 players.
Across both rosters, RIT fields 83 lacrosse athletes — 58 on the men’s side and 25 on the women’s.
Of the 17 varsity sports RIT reports, lacrosse ranks #3 by total roster size.
The men’s lacrosse program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 2 are full-time and 2 part-time. Leading the program is Jake Coon.
The women’s lacrosse program employs 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Of those, 1 work full-time and 2 part-time. Leading the program is Erin Wagner.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 3.
Across the school’s 17 sports, lacrosse ranks #8 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The RIT men’s lacrosse program brought in $762,564 in revenue against $753,705 in expenses, netting $8,859. Per athlete, that is about $4,083 in operating expense per athlete, or $236,832 per team.
The RIT women’s lacrosse program generated $304,567 in revenue against $257,112 in expenses, a net profit of $47,455. This comes to about $3,599 in operating expense per athlete, or $89,969 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team brought in $762,564 to the women’s $304,567 in revenue.
Among the school’s 17 sports, lacrosse sits #2 by revenue, or about 8% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
When RIT earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, we note it here. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.