by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Softball at Louisiana Tech University, a spring sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Louisiana Tech competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Conference USA.
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The Louisiana Tech women’s softball team carries 21 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 86. Academic data covers 87 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 12 varsity sports Louisiana Tech sponsors, softball ranks #6 by total roster size.
The women’s softball program carries 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 4 are full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Josh Taylor.
Among the school’s 12 sports, softball ranks #4 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Louisiana Tech women’s softball program generated $1,019,655 in revenue against $1,019,655 in expenses, right at break-even. This comes to about $13,725 in operating expense per athlete, or $288,218 per team.
Among the school’s 12 sports, softball sits #5 by revenue, or about 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s softball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 994 (971 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 87%. The program kept 96% of its athletes, with 97% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 979, softball sits above average at 994.
When Louisiana Tech places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we note it here. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.