by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Lacrosse at University of Maryland-College Park, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. UMCP is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big Ten Conference.
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The UMCP men’s lacrosse team fields 50 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 173. Academic data covers 194 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The UMCP women’s lacrosse team lists 34 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 137. The NCAA tracked 136 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Combined, UMCP carries 84 lacrosse athletes — 50 on the men’s side and 34 on the women’s.
Of the 16 varsity sports UMCP sponsors, lacrosse ranks #3 by total roster size.
The men’s lacrosse program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 3 work full-time and 1 part-time. At the helm is John Tillman.
The women’s lacrosse program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Cathy Reese.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 4.
Among the school’s 16 sports, lacrosse sits #5 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UMCP men’s lacrosse program reported $971,787 in revenue against $3,196,547 in expenses, running a deficit of $2,224,760. That works out to about $15,168 in operating expense per athlete, or $758,375 per team.
The UMCP women’s lacrosse program reported $585,532 in revenue against $2,161,850 in expenses, running a deficit of $1,576,318. That works out to about $9,705 in operating expense per athlete, or $329,956 per team.
Between the genders, the men’s team brought in $971,787 to the women’s $585,532 in revenue.
Among the school’s 16 sports, lacrosse sits #3 by revenue, accounting for 1% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s lacrosse team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 996 (977 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 95%. It retained 97% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s lacrosse team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (994 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. Year over year, it held onto 100% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Between the genders, the men posted an APR of 996 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 95% and 100% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 986, lacrosse comes in above the pack at 998.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.