by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Lacrosse at Syracuse University, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Syracuse is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Atlantic Coast Conference.
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The Syracuse men’s lacrosse team lists 56 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 114. The most recent cohort included 150 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Syracuse women’s lacrosse team lists 39 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 104. Academic data covers 112 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, Syracuse carries 95 lacrosse athletes — 56 on the men’s side and 39 on the women’s.
Of the 13 varsity sports Syracuse reports, lacrosse sits at #4 by total roster size.
The men’s lacrosse program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 3 work full-time and 1 part-time. The head coach is Gary Gait.
The women’s lacrosse program carries 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 3 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Regy Thorpe.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 3.
Across the school’s 13 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 Syracuse men’s lacrosse program reported $3,490,686 in revenue against $5,236,608 in expenses, coming up short by $1,745,922. That works out to about $20,137 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,127,682 per team.
The Syracuse women’s lacrosse program generated $1,255,838 in revenue against $3,060,265 in expenses, coming up short by $1,804,427. Per athlete, that is about $10,957 in operating expense per athlete, or $427,339 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $3,490,686 to the women’s $1,255,838 in revenue.
Against the school’s 13 sports, lacrosse ranks #3 by revenue, or about 4% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s lacrosse team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 989 (998 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 99% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s lacrosse team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 995 (990 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 99% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 989 and the women 995, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 990, lacrosse comes in above the pack at 992.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.