by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Softball at Texas Tech University, a spring sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Texas Tech plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big 12 Conference.
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The Texas Tech women’s softball team carries 23 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 94. The most recent cohort included 107 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 11 varsity sports Texas Tech sponsors, softball ranks #6 by total roster size.
The women’s softball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. In all, 4 are full-time and 0 part-time. At the helm is Gerry Glasco.
Across the school’s 11 sports, softball sits #4 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Texas Tech women’s softball program reported $934,869 in revenue against $3,650,783 in expenses, coming up short by $2,715,914. That works out to about $56,490 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,299,266 per team.
Against the school’s 11 sports, softball sits #5 by revenue, accounting for 1% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The women’s softball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 989 (980 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 90%. The program kept 98% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 988, softball sits above average at 989.
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Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.