This page takes a deep look at Lacrosse at Stony Brook University, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. SUNY Stony Brook competes in NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Coastal Athletic Association.
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The SUNY Stony Brook men’s lacrosse team fields 51 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 124. The most recent cohort included 168 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The SUNY Stony Brook women’s lacrosse team carries 38 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 109. Academic data covers 130 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, SUNY Stony Brook carries 89 lacrosse athletes — 51 on the men’s side and 38 on the women’s.
Of the 13 varsity sports SUNY Stony Brook reports, lacrosse ranks #3 by total roster size.
The men’s lacrosse program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 3 are full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Anthony Gilardi.
The women’s lacrosse program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 3 work full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is Joe Spallina.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 4.
Among the school’s 13 sports, lacrosse ranks #2 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The SUNY Stony Brook men’s lacrosse program generated $1,551,058 in revenue against $1,551,058 in expenses, essentially breaking even. That works out to about $5,423 in operating expense per athlete, or $276,573 per team.
The SUNY Stony Brook women’s lacrosse program generated $1,701,192 in revenue against $1,701,192 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $8,317 in operating expense per athlete, or $316,046 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $1,551,058 to the women’s $1,701,192 in revenue.
Against the school’s 13 sports, lacrosse sits #3 by revenue, or about 8% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s lacrosse team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 986 (977 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 96% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s lacrosse team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 973 (993 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 92%. Year over year, it held onto 100% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 986 and the women 973, with graduation success rates of 100% and 92% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 980, lacrosse lands below the pack at 980.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.