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Tulane University Women's Basketball

New Orleans, LA · the Green Waves · Tulane University overview
15
Roster
at the D-I cap of 15
$3.7M
Team budget
74th percentile in Division I
$247,245
Per roster spot
median $141,297
5
Coaches
1 head · 4 assistant
990
APR
99% of players retained
15%
Admitted
top 10% for selectivity

Tulane University fields a women's basketball team in the American Conference (NCAA Division I). In 2024–25 the roster carried 15 players, about the median of 15, with 1 head coach and 4 assistants. Team expenses were $3,708,684, well above the median of $2.2M — $247,245 per roster spot, top quarter of Division I women's basketball programs. That is exactly the Division I roster cap of 15 in force from 2025-26. The team's multi-year Academic Progress Rate is 990, about the median of 986, with 99% of players retained year to year. The school gave $7,807,326 in athletic aid across its women's teams, about $36,145 per roster spot.

Among Division I women's basketball programs

Where this program sits against its 360 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).

Team budget$3.7M
Spend per player$247,245
Roster size15
Coaching staff5
APR990

Team budgets across the division

$619k$13M
this programevery Division I women's basketball program

Roster sizes (cap 15)

1150
this programevery Division I roster

The program

  • Roster15 2024–25 season
  • Division I roster cap15 at the cap
  • Coaching staff1 head, 4 assistant
  • Team expenses$3,708,684 for the year
  • Operating expenses$859,808 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$247,245 division median $141,297
  • Academic Progress Rate990 multi-year; 1000 latest
  • Players retained99% year to year
  • Eligible99% of player-terms
  • Athletic aid, women's teams$7,807,326 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$36,145 across women's teams
  • Recruiting spend, women's$357,408 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Ashley Langford head coachHead Coachnot on file
Sam PierceAssistant CoachOn file · sign in
Donnie StithAssistant Coach, Women's BasketballOn file · sign in
Harlyn WyattAssistant Coach / Recruiting Coordinatornot on file
Shyan MwaiAssistant CoachOn file · sign in
Jamia HazellAssistant Coach / Director of Player Developmentnot on file
Johnny FloresGraduate Assistant Coach / Video Coordinatornot on file
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Recruiting timing

  • Coaches may first contact youJune 1 after sophomore year
  • Your own emailsAny time the rule limits what coaches send back
  • High-school basketball players356,240 2024-25
  • Division I roster spots6,175 360 programs
  • Odds of a spot1 in 58 1.7% of high-school players hold a Division I roster spot

General NCAA rule for Division I; the women's basketball 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.
8,077undergraduates · 13,078 students in all
Women 62% Men 38%
Setting
City
Type
Private · Research university
Affiliation
None
15%admitted · of 27,936 applicants
SAT middle 50%1390 – 1510
ACT middle 50%31 – 33
Test scores
Test-optional
Graduate in 6 yrs
89%

Women's Basketball

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15on the roster · 2024–25 season
Roster vs the D-I cap of 1515
exactly at the cap
Academic Progress Rate990
99% of players kept year to year
Team expenses
$3,708,684 $247,246 per roster spot · upper half of Division I
Coaches
1 head · 4 assistant
Athletic aid, women's teams
$7,807,326
Recruiting spend, women's
$357,408
$50,631net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker price$87,446
Average net price$50,631
Net price by family income
$0–30k$20,957
$30–48k$22,974
$48–75k$26,839
$75–110k$36,543
$110k and up$58,219
Tuition & fees
$65,538

Campus safety

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3.06violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent3.06
Property1.60
In residence halls
10 burglaries · 70 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
0 over 2022–2024
30%of bachelor's degrees in business · 24 fields · Bachelor's, Doctorate, Master's
Business604 · 30%
Social sciences295 · 15%
Biological sciences199 · 10%
Psychology172 · 9%
Health professions & nursing166 · 8%

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Women's Basketball programs within 150 miles

Tulane UniversityLSU New Orleans · 7 miNicholls State University · 42 miSoutheastern Louisiana University · 45 miLouisiana State University · 71 miSouthern University, Baton Rouge · 75 miThe University of Southern Mississippi · 107 miUniversity of Louisiana at Lafayette · 115 miUniversity of South Alabama · 127 miSpring Hill College · 129 miAlcorn State University · 147 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
LSU New Orleans Division I · Southland Conference715$1.2M96867%
Nicholls State University Division I · Southland Conference4216$837k95796%
Southeastern Louisiana University Division I · Southland Conference4515$1.2M98694%
Louisiana State University Division I · Southeastern Conference7113$12M98174%
Southern University, Baton Rouge Division I · Southwestern Athletic Conf.7516$1.1M96450%
The University of Southern Mississippi Division I · Sun Belt Conference10714$1.9M96299%
University of Louisiana at Lafayette Division I · Sun Belt Conference11515$2.1M96389%
University of South Alabama Division I · Sun Belt Conference12715$1.9M96865%
Spring Hill College Division II · Southern Intercol. Ath. Conf.12914$560k—59%
Alcorn State University Division I · Southwestern Athletic Conf.14715$1.2M96725%

Other women's basketball programs in the American Conference

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
University of South Florida at cap15$5.4M$363,101982vs
Temple University at cap15$5.1M$342,972981vs
The University of Tulsa 1 over cap16$4.4M$276,721983vs
Rice University at cap15$4.3M$288,407996vs
Tulane University at cap15$3.7M$247,245990vs
University of Memphis at cap15$3.5M$235,931995vs
University of North Texas at cap15$3.3M$222,355974vs
East Carolina University at cap15$3M$200,704961vs
Wichita State University 8 over cap23$2.9M$126,732977vs
University of Texas at San Antonio 14 over cap29$2.6M$91,123986vs
Florida Atlantic University 5 over cap20$2.4M$122,432990vs
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte room for 114$2.4M$174,300960vs
University of Alabama at Birmingham at cap15$2.4M$162,3511000vs

Every American Conference women's basketball program · Women's Basketball budgets ranked