Texas Lutheran University Football
Texas Lutheran University fields a football team in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (NCAA Division III). In 2024–25 the roster carried 169 players, well above the median of 109, with 1 head coach and 7 assistants. Team expenses were $798,435, above the median of $613k — $4,724 per roster spot, lower half of Division III football programs. The school reports no athletic aid for men's teams — Division III programs do not offer athletic scholarships.
Among Division III football programs
Where this program sits against its 232 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).
Team budgets across the division
Roster sizes
The program
- Roster169 2024–25 season
- Coaching staff1 head, 7 assistant
- Team expenses$798,435 for the year
- Operating expenses$223,681 game-day and travel
- Spend per roster spot$4,724 division median $5,431
- Athletic aid, men's teamsNone school-wide
- Aid per roster spot$0 across men's teams
- Recruiting spend, men's$9,426 school-wide
Coaching staff
| Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Neal LaHue head coach | Head Coach | not on file |
Recruiting timing
- Coaches may first contact youany time
- Your own emailsAny time the rule limits what coaches send back
- High-school football players1,029,588 2024-25
- Division III roster spots26,128 232 programs
- Odds of a spot1 in 39 2.5% of high-school players hold a Division III roster spot
General NCAA rule for Division III; the football recruiting guide has the date for each grad year, the eligibility checklist and what to put in a first email.
About the school
What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.Campus
Full picture →- Setting
- Town
- Type
- Private · Baccalaureate college
- Affiliation
- American Evangelical Lutheran Church
Getting in
Full picture →- Test scores
- Test-optional
- Graduate in 6 yrs
- 55%
Football
Full picture →- Team expenses
- $798,435 $4,724 per roster spot · top quarter of Division III
- Coaches
- 1 head · 7 assistant
- Athletic aid, men's teams
- None
- Recruiting spend, men's
- $9,426
Cost
Full picture →- Tuition & fees
- $34,920
Campus safety
Full picture →- In residence halls
- 1 burglaries · 8 sex offences over 2022–2024
- Residence-hall fires
- 0 over 2022–2024
Majors
Full picture →Research Texas Lutheran University
School pages built around what an athlete needs to know — the program's money and roster room, admissions fit, what a family really pays, majors, campus life and safety.
Football programs within 150 miles
| School | Miles | Roster | Budget | APR | Admitted | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas State University Division I · Pac-12 Conference | 22 | 120 | $22M | 932 | 89% | |
| University of the Incarnate Word Division I · Southland Conference | 30 | 151 | $6.9M | 938 | 93% | |
| Trinity University (Texas) Division III · Southern Athletic Association | 31 | 124 | $1.5M | — | 28% | |
| University of Texas at San Antonio Division I · American Conference | 38 | 118 | $18M | 961 | 88% | |
| University of Texas at Austin Division I · Southeastern Conference | 51 | 118 | $70M | 974 | 29% | |
| Southwestern University (Texas) Division III · Southern Athletic Association | 76 | 95 | $892k | — | 39% | |
| Schreiner University Division III · American Southwest Conference | 76 | — | — | — | 88% | |
| University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Division III · American Southwest Conference | 108 | 167 | $1.5M | — | 95% | |
| Texas A&M University, College Station Division I · Southeastern Conference | 122 | 146 | $60M | 965 | 63% | |
| Prairie View A&M University Division I · Southwestern Athletic Conf. | 125 | 101 | $3.6M | 910 | 75% | |
| Texas A&M University-Kingsville Division II · Lone Star Conference | 142 | 158 | $2.4M | — | 92% | |
| Baylor University Division I · Big 12 Conference | 146 | 118 | $41M | 974 | 51% |
Other football programs in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference
| School | Roster | Budget | Per player | APR | Compare | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Lutheran University | 169 | $798k | $4,724 | — | vs | |
| Austin College | 100 | $704k | $7,035 | — | vs | |
| Lyon College | 113 | $687k | $6,076 | — | vs | |
| Hendrix College | 102 | $555k | $5,439 | — | vs | |
| Centenary College (Louisiana) | 96 | $550k | $5,728 | — | vs | |
| Gallaudet University | 65 | $430k | $6,611 | — | vs |
Every Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference football program · Football budgets ranked