by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Football at Texas Tech University, a fall sport — team by team, topic by topic, with gender and cross-sport comparisons throughout. Texas Tech competes in NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big 12 Conference.
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The Texas Tech men’s football team lists 123 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 375. The most recent cohort included 432 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Of the 11 varsity sports Texas Tech sponsors, football comes in at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program carries 19 coaches — 1 head coach and 18 assistants. In all, 19 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Joey McGuire.
Across the school’s 11 sports, football ranks #1 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Texas Tech men’s football program generated $69,872,378 in revenue against $39,745,662 in expenses, a net profit of $30,126,716. Per athlete, that is about $83,371 in operating expense per athlete, or $10,254,583 per team.
Among the school’s 11 sports, football ranks #1 by revenue, or about 54% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team earned an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 992 (949 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 75%. The program kept 94% of its athletes, with 95% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 988, football grades out ahead at 992.
When Texas 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.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.