by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Football at Louisiana Tech University, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Louisiana Tech competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Conference USA.
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The Louisiana Tech men’s football team lists 112 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 358. The most recent cohort included 437 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 12 varsity sports Louisiana Tech sponsors, football ranks #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program carries 11 coaches — 1 head coach and 10 assistants. Of those, 11 work full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Sonny Cumbie.
Across the school’s 12 sports, football sits #1 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Louisiana Tech men’s football program generated $11,122,188 in revenue against $11,122,188 in expenses, breaking even on the year. That works out to about $15,956 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,787,088 per team.
Among the school’s 12 sports, football sits #1 by revenue, accounting for 33% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 934 (964 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 82%. It retained 96% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 979, football lands below the pack at 934.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.