South Florida Bulls lacrosse
Founded2025
UniversityUniversity of South Florida
Athletic directorMichael Kelly
Head coachMindy McCord (1st season)
StadiumCorbett Stadium
(capacity: 4,000)
LocationTampa, Florida
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
NicknameBulls
ColorsGreen and gold[1]
   

The South Florida Bulls lacrosse team will represent the University of South Florida in the sport of women's lacrosse beginning in spring 2025. They will compete in the American Athletic Conference of NCAA Division I. The Bulls will play their home games at Corbett Stadium on USF's Tampa campus, which they will share with the USF men's and women's soccer teams. It is the university's newest varsity sports team and the first new USF team since football was established in 1997. It will be the first new women's team in an NCAA sport at USF since women's soccer in 1995 (USF's women's sailing team was established in 1997, but it competes in the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association rather than the NCAA).[2]

The team will be coached by Mindy McCord.[3]

History

The USF women's lacrosse team was first announced in November 2021 and will become the university's 20th varsity sports team.[4] They were originally scheduled to take the field for the first time in spring 2024, but this date was later pushed back to spring 2025.[5] Their first home field will be the on-campus Corbett Stadium which was built in 2011 as the new home for the Bulls soccer teams.[6] This will be a temporary arrangement until plans are made for a lacrosse-specific stadium some time in the future.[2]

In May 2022, athletic director Michael Kelly announced that former Jacksonville Dolphins head coach Mindy McCord would be the first head coach of the program.[3]

See also

South Florida Bulls

References

  1. ↑ USF Athletics Brand Guide (PDF). August 18, 2022. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
  2. 1 2 "USF to Add Women's Lacrosse in 2023-24". USF Athletics. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  3. 1 2 "Eight-time Conference Coach of the Year Mindy McCord Named First Head Coach of USF Women's Lacrosse". USF Athletics. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  4. ↑ Santos, Leonardo; CORRESPONDENT (2021-11-10). "USF Athletics set to add women's lacrosse to program". The Oracle. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  5. ↑ "USF Women's Lax to Start Competition in 2024-25". USF Athletics. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
  6. ↑ "Corbett Soccer Stadium". USF Athletics. Retrieved 2021-11-11.

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