Bob DeMarco Begins Tenure as World Lacrosse President

DeMarco’s term runs through the end of 2028, and includes the 2028 Olympic Summer Games in Los Angeles where the sixes format will be on the schedule. World Lacrosse looks in 2025 to set the qualification process for LA28. It will also have the Men’s U20 Championship in Korea as well as a women’s sixes competition at The World Games in Chengdu, China.

“I want to maximize our opportunity at LA28 to further popularize the sport while demonstrating the values of the game and the passion of lacrosse athletes and fans, while also pursuing Brisbane 2032 inclusion,” DeMarco said at the World Lacrosse general assembly.

DeMarco has served on the World Lacrosse board since 2017 as the director of development and has been a member of the Nominations Committee since 2021. Prior to World Lacrosse, DeMarco was an educator in the sport for 38 years, including 25 years as a coach and a 19-year stint as the associate head men’s lacrosse coach at Rutgers University.

“I want to continue to grow the game around the world,” DeMarco said. “I have been involved in development of the sport internationally since the early days and I am proud to have been part of the phenomenal growth in recent years. World Lacrosse has gone from 58 to 92 member countries in the last seven years and I would like to keep that trend going as well as further develop the sport in our existing member nations.”

Along with DeMarco’s election to president, chief executive officer Jim Scherr‘s tenure World Lacrosse has been extended to the end of 2028. Scherr was appointed as CEO of the organization in 2017. Scherr has overseen the introduction of a new brand identity as World Lacrosse in 2019, the appointment of a full-time professional staff and an increase of more than 60 percent in membership to the current body of 92 organizations.Scherr helped introduce the new discipline of sixes, and the gradual post-pandemic return of a fully fledged world championship calendar, which includes eight championships on a quadrennial basis, equally awarded to men and women.