by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Lacrosse at University of Detroit Mercy, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. Detroit Mercy competes in NCAA Division I without football as a member of Horizon League.
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The Detroit Mercy men’s lacrosse team carries 50 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 163. The most recent cohort included 163 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The Detroit Mercy women’s lacrosse team lists 31 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 96. Academic data covers 123 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Across both rosters, Detroit Mercy carries 81 lacrosse athletes — 50 on the men’s side and 31 on the women’s.
Of the 9 varsity sports Detroit Mercy reports, lacrosse ranks #2 by total roster size.
The men’s lacrosse program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. Staffing-wise, 3 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Charlie Hayes.
The women’s lacrosse program is staffed by 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. In all, 2 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Emma Kuehl.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 3 coaches to the women’s 2.
Across the school’s 9 sports, lacrosse sits #3 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Detroit Mercy men’s lacrosse program brought in $863,613 in revenue against $863,613 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $4,504 in operating expense per athlete, or $225,216 per team.
The Detroit Mercy women’s lacrosse program reported $731,974 in revenue against $731,947 in expenses, for a surplus of $27. That works out to about $6,637 in operating expense per athlete, or $205,752 per team.
Side by side, the men’s team brought in $863,613 to the women’s $731,974 in revenue.
Against the school’s 9 sports, lacrosse ranks #2 by revenue, accounting for 11% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s lacrosse team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 957 (952 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 88%. It retained 96% of its athletes, with 94% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s lacrosse team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 993 (987 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 99% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 957 and the women 993, with graduation success rates of 88% and 100% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 975, lacrosse sits right at the average at 975.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.