Division I · Patriot League
Lafayette College Men's Basketball
Easton, PA · the Leopards · Lafayette College overview
14
Roster
room for 1 under the cap of 15
$2.5M
Team budget
35th percentile in Division I
$176,579
Per roster spot
median $196,319
4
Coaches
1 head · 3 assistant
989
APR
98% of players retained
31%
Admitted
top quarter for selectivity
Lafayette College fields a men's basketball team in the Patriot League (NCAA Division I). In 2024–25 the roster carried 14 players, below the median of 16, with 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Team expenses were $2,472,111, below the median of $3M — $176,579 per roster spot, lower half of Division I men's basketball programs. That leaves room for 1 under the Division I roster cap of 15 in force from 2025-26. The team's multi-year Academic Progress Rate is 989, about the median of 967, with 98% of players retained year to year. The school gave $7,604,160 in athletic aid across its men's teams, about $20,116 per roster spot.
Among Division I men's basketball programs
Where this program sits against its 362 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).
#237Team budgetof 362 · Division I#204Spend per playerof 362 · Division I#304Roster sizeof 362 · Division I#51APRof 362 · Division I
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The program
- Roster14 2024–25 season
- Division I roster cap15 room for 1
- Coaching staff1 head, 3 assistant
- Team expenses$2,472,111 for the year
- Operating expenses$423,652 game-day and travel
- Spend per roster spot$176,579 division median $196,319
- Academic Progress Rate989 multi-year; 1000 latest
- Players retained98% year to year
- Eligible100% of player-terms
- Athletic aid, men's teams$7,604,160 school-wide
- Aid per roster spot$20,116 across men's teams
- Recruiting spend, men's$329,067 school-wide
Coaching staff
| Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Mike McGarvey head coach | Head Coach | On file · sign in |
| Nikolai Arnold | Assistant Coach | On file · sign in |
| Muhamadou Kaba | Assistant Coach | On file · sign in |
| Sean O'Brien | Assistant Coach | On file · sign in |
| Eylijah Stephens | Director of Basketball Operations | On file · sign in |
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Recruiting timing
- Coaches may first contact youJune 15 after sophomore year
- Your own emailsAny time the rule limits what coaches send back
- High-school basketball players540,704 2024-25
- Division I roster spots5,786 362 programs
- Odds of a spot1 in 93 1.1% of high-school players hold a Division I roster spot
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About the school
What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.Campus
Full picture →2,764undergraduates · 2,764 students in all
Women 49% Men 51%
- Setting
- Suburb
- Type
- Private · Liberal arts college
- Affiliation
- Presbyterian Church (USA)
Getting in
Full picture →31%admitted · of 9,874 applicants
SAT middle 50%1340 – 1490
ACT middle 50%30 – 33
- Test scores
- Test-optional
- Graduate in 6 yrs
- 88%
Men's Basketball
Full picture →14on the roster · 2024–25 season
Roster vs the D-I cap of 1514
room for 1
Academic Progress Rate989
98% of players kept year to year
- Team expenses
- $2,472,111 $176,579 per roster spot · lower half of Division I
- Coaches
- 1 head · 3 assistant
- Athletic aid, men's teams
- $7,604,160
- Recruiting spend, men's
- $329,067
Cost
Full picture →$34,728net price · after grants, aided first-years
Net price by family income
- Tuition & fees
- $61,824
Campus safety
Full picture →2.16violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
- In residence halls
- 8 burglaries · 13 sex offences over 2022–2024
- Residence-hall fires
- 0 over 2022–2024
Majors
Full picture →30%of bachelor's degrees in social sciences · 15 fields · Bachelor's
Research Lafayette College
School pages built around what an athlete needs to know — the program's money and roster room, admissions fit, what a family really pays, majors, campus life and safety.
Men's Basketball program14 on the rosterPeers, percentiles, nearby programs, comparisonsRankingsWhere it standsEvery list this school is on, nationally and in its divisionAdmissions31% admittedSAT/ACT ladders, test policy, graduationCost & aid$34,728 net priceSticker vs net price by family income, athletic aidMajorsSocial sciences · 30%Every field and program with degrees awardedCampusSuburb · 2,764Setting, who is on campus, housing costs, servicesCampus safety2.16 violent / 1,000Three years of reported offences against the divisionAthleticsEvery teamThe whole department: every team, staff and aid
Men's Basketball programs within 150 miles
| School | Miles | Roster | Budget | APR | Admitted | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moravian University Division III · Landmark Conference | 10 | 21 | $227k | — | 54% | |
| Lehigh University Division I · Patriot League | 11 | 15 | $2.3M | 960 | 29% | |
| DeSales University Division III · Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom | 14 | 20 | $159k | — | 79% | |
| Muhlenberg College Division III · Centennial Conference | 17 | 22 | $164k | — | 64% | |
| East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania Division II · Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference | 21 | 17 | $746k | — | 93% | |
| Centenary University (New Jersey) Division III · Atlantic East Conference | 22 | 17 | $85k | — | 97% | |
| Delaware Valley University Division III · Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom | 28 | 16 | $150k | — | 92% | |
| Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Division II · Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference | 33 | 16 | $523k | — | 95% | |
| Gwynedd Mercy University Division III · Atlantic East Conference | 35 | 17 | $98k | — | 94% | |
| Ursinus College Division III · Centennial Conference | 37 | 16 | $377k | — | 87% | |
| The College of New Jersey Division III · New Jersey Athletic Conference | 37 | 18 | $205k | — | 62% | |
| Princeton University Division I · The Ivy League | 38 | 17 | $2.4M | 996 | 4% |
Other men's basketball programs in the Patriot League
| School | Roster | Budget | Per player | APR | Compare | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston University at cap | 15 | $3.2M | $214,024 | 975 | vs | |
| Colgate University at cap | 15 | $3M | $199,916 | 990 | vs | |
| Bucknell University at cap | 15 | $2.9M | $196,319 | 1000 | vs | |
| College of the Holy Cross 1 over cap | 16 | $2.8M | $174,981 | 986 | vs | |
| Lafayette College room for 1 | 14 | $2.5M | $176,579 | 989 | vs | |
| Lehigh University at cap | 15 | $2.3M | $150,155 | 960 | vs | |
| Loyola University Maryland 1 over cap | 16 | $2.1M | $133,165 | 990 | vs | |
| American University 4 over cap | 19 | $2.1M | $109,770 | 985 | vs | |
| U.S. Military Academy | — | — | — | 981 | vs | |
| U.S. Naval Academy | — | — | — | 974 | vs |
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