by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Lacrosse at Sacred Heart University, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Sacred Heart plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
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The Sacred Heart men’s lacrosse team fields 60 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 134. The NCAA tracked 173 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Sacred Heart women’s lacrosse team fields 30 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 86. The most recent cohort included 109 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, Sacred Heart carries 90 lacrosse athletes — 60 on the men’s side and 30 on the women’s.
Among the 22 varsity sports Sacred Heart reports, lacrosse sits at #3 by total roster size.
The men’s lacrosse program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 3 are full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Jonathan Basti.
The women’s lacrosse program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 3 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Laura Cook.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 3.
Across the school’s 22 sports, lacrosse ranks #6 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Sacred Heart men’s lacrosse program generated $1,406,453 in revenue against $1,406,453 in expenses, right at break-even. Per athlete, that is about $5,075 in operating expense per athlete, or $304,510 per team.
The Sacred Heart women’s lacrosse program reported $865,484 in revenue against $865,484 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $3,700 in operating expense per athlete, or $111,004 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $1,406,453 to the women’s $865,484 in revenue.
Against the school’s 22 sports, lacrosse ranks #4 by revenue, accounting for 5% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s lacrosse team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 992 (983 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 93%. The program kept 98% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s lacrosse team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 993 (991 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 98% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 992 and the women 993, with graduation success rates of 93% and 100% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 986, lacrosse comes in above the pack at 992.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.