Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle
What it actually takes to run at LSU
NCAA Division I · SEC · LA
Every mark below belongs to someone LSU actually signed for 2025-26 — including 2 international signees — 8 athletes in the class. Not an estimate. The real bar.
LSU is a 32,574-student public campus in Baton Rouge, LA and competes in the SEC. Dennis Shaver leads a staff of 14 covering 1 event group.
Median = the middle signee’s PR. Range = fastest to slowest mark they signed. 1500m/Mile and 3000m marks are shown as 1600m/3200m equivalents. Aggregated from verified meet results.
Inside the LSU program
- Division
- NCAA Division I
- Conference
- SEC
- Campus
- Baton Rouge, LA
- Enrollment
- 32,574 students
- T&F operating budget
- $3.2M men · $4.0M women
Public institution
Program expense, not scholarship aid
Women's standards
American signees only — marks verified from US high-school meet results.
+6 more events with real signee standards — 200m, 400m, Long Jump, Triple Jump, Discus, Shot Put
Full access unlocks every event in LSU’s class — names, marks, program budgets, and how to reach the coaching staff.
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Pulled directly from the program’s athletics staff directory. Event groups coached here: distance and cross country.
- Dennis ShaverHead Coach
- Andrew LaskaDirector of Operations
- Andy KokhanovskyAssistant Coach
- Bennie BrazellAssistant Coach
- Braydin SikAssistant Communications Director (TF, XC, MG)Distance
- Christina LandrumAssistant Athletic Trainer (TF/XC)Distance
- Dani WhiteAthletic Training Intern (TF/XC)Distance
- Houston FranksAssistant Coach
- Jimmy JosephAssistant Coach / Recruiting Coordinator
- Sierra NemelkaAssistant Athletic Trainer (TF/XC)Distance
- Sylvia RussellAssistant Coach
- Tamara ArdsAssistant Coach
- Todd LaneAssistant Coach
- Vernon NorwoodVolunteer Assistant Coach
Verified contact details for every LSU coach are in the member database.
Every mark LSU signed — the whole 2025-26 class
8 athletes, and the high-school mark each one was signed on. Not a published standard, not an estimate, not a sample — every signing, every event. Names, hometowns and the coach who recruited each athlete are the member view.
Signed out of: LA · TX · NY
+ 2 international signees in this class — their marks are in the International view of the tables above, kept separate so the American numbers above stay readable as US high-school marks.
Members see who each of these 8 athletes is, where they came from, and the coach who recruited their event — see the named class
Where do YOUR marks fit?
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Treat this as a snapshot of one signing class, not a fixed cutoff — it changes every cycle. Coaches also weigh progression, event needs, academics and roster spots, so landing in range opens a conversation rather than settling one.
Louisiana permits high school NIL for high school athletes. See the Louisiana NIL rules →
More SEC recruiting standards
Real signee marks for the programs LSU recruits against.
- Alabama recruiting standards
- Arkansas recruiting standards
- Auburn recruiting standards
- Florida recruiting standards
- Georgia recruiting standards
- Kentucky recruiting standards
- Mississippi State recruiting standards
- Missouri recruiting standards
- Oklahoma recruiting standards
- Ole Miss recruiting standards
- South Carolina recruiting standards
- Tennessee recruiting standards
D1 standards for the events LSU signs
What the whole division signed in each event, not just this program.
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