by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Lacrosse at University of Delaware, a spring sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. UD competes in NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Conference USA.
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The UD men’s lacrosse team carries 52 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 159. Academic data covers 118 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The UD women’s lacrosse team carries 41 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 113. The most recent cohort included 153 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, UD carries 93 lacrosse athletes — 52 on the men’s side and 41 on the women’s.
Of the 18 varsity sports UD sponsors, lacrosse comes in at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s lacrosse program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 4 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Ben DeLuca.
The women’s lacrosse program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 4 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Amy Altig.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 4.
Among the school’s 18 sports, lacrosse ranks #4 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UD men’s lacrosse program reported $2,217,438 in revenue against $2,217,438 in expenses, breaking even on the year. Per athlete, that is about $5,816 in operating expense per athlete, or $302,420 per team.
The UD women’s lacrosse program brought in $1,392,114 in revenue against $1,392,114 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $3,279 in operating expense per athlete, or $134,433 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team generated $2,217,438 to the women’s $1,392,114 in revenue.
Among the school’s 18 sports, lacrosse ranks #3 by revenue, or about 6% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s lacrosse team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 993 (979 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 94%. Year over year, it held onto 97% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s lacrosse team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 997 (998 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 100% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 993 and the women 997, with graduation success rates of 94% and 100% respectively.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 988, lacrosse comes in above the pack at 995.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.