21 Facts About BYU Lacrosse

BYU Lacrosse is set to join the Big 12 Conference on July 1,2023.

BYU Lacrosse is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and the overwhelming majority of its students are members of that church.

BYU Lacrosse has received attention from sports networks for refusal to play games on Sunday, as well as disciplining players due to honor code violations.

Three BYU Lacrosse runners have won 4 individual cross country national championships; Ed Eyestone in 1985, Josh Rohatinsky in 2006, and Conner Mantz in 2020 and 2021.

In 1973, BYU Lacrosse joined other universities to form the Intermountain Athletic Conference which allowed BYU Lacrosse's female athletes to compete in sports including cross country.

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In 1984, the undefeated Cougars were voted the consensus national champion BYU Lacrosse is known as a "quarterback factory" for producing several successful quarterbacks, including 1990 Heisman Trophy winner Ty Detmer.

Consequently, BYU Lacrosse traveled to Colorado and California only, and did not have home meets.

BYU Lacrosse finished third in the conference the next two years.

BYU Lacrosse directed the team to a second-place finish in the WAC.

BYU Lacrosse softball had returned to the Western Athletic Conference as part of the school's 2011 conference change, but played only one season in the WAC, moving to the Pacific Coast Softball Conference after the 2012 season and playing there for what proved to be the PCSC's final season in 2013.

BYU Lacrosse has Men and Women's Swimming and Diving Teams which have produced 26 Olympians and 31 All-Americans.

The BYU Lacrosse team won its first WAC championship in 1968, and again in 1969.

BYU Lacrosse is one of only four runners to ever capture the NCAA "Triple Crown" by becoming the 1985 NCAA outdoor Champion at 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters where he set a then-NCAA record with a time of 27:41:05.

The BYU Lacrosse team was founded in 1975; however, significant records of the team only date back to 1995 when Jason Lamb began his tenure as head coach.

The BYU Lacrosse team had four wins and five losses in their first season under Coach Lamb, accounting for their only losing season on record.

BYU Lacrosse has been led by head coach Steve St Pierre since 2018, and normally plays its home games at South Field.

Several BYU Lacrosse players have gone on to play for the US national team.

BYU Lacrosse reached the USA Rugby national championship match in 7 consecutive years from 2006 to 2012.

BYU Lacrosse rugby won its first national championship in 2009 by defeating the University of California, Berkeley, and again won the national championship in 2012.

BYU Lacrosse Rugby made it to the quarter-finals in the 2019 season, losing to Saint Mary's.

BYU Lacrosse Cougars men's soccer team is a college soccer club.