Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle

What it actually takes to run at McNeese
NCAA Division I · Southland · LA
No published standards, no estimates — this is what McNeese actually signed: 28 athletes in the 2025-26 class — including 4 international signees. What it takes, straight from the results.
McNeese is a 5,560-student public campus in Lake Charles, LA and competes in the Southland. Brendon Gilroy leads a staff of 7 covering 3 event groups.
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 McNeese program
- Division
- NCAA Division I
- Conference
- Southland
- Campus
- Lake Charles, LA
- Enrollment
- 5,560 students
- T&F operating budget
- $608K men · $583K women
Public institution
Program expense, not scholarship aid
Men's standards
American signees only — marks verified from US high-school meet results.
Women's standards
Home-grown signees: marks pulled from verified American high-school meets.
Who recruits for McNeese
Sourced from the program’s own athletics department directory. Event groups coached here: distance and cross country, throws, combined events.
- Brendon GilroyHead Coach msucoachgilroy
- Alan FoolkesAssistant Coach for Cross CountryDistance
- Brandon DeiningerAssistant Athletic Trainer (Track & Field/XC)Distance
- Janell FullertonAssistant Coach - ThrowsThrows
- Nola PrickettAssistant Director of Student Athlete Services (Cross Country, W Basketball, Tennis, Track & Field)Distance
- Tamario LattinAssistant Coach (Sprints, Multis, Jumps)Multis
- Tara GrindolAdministrative Assistant - Men's and Women's Basketball, Track and Field, and Tennis
Verified contact details for every McNeese coach are in the member database.
Every verified mark in McNeese's 2025-26 class
6 of the 28 athletes signed have a verified high-school mark, shown here with the mark each was signed on. The other 22 have no verified mark on record, so they are left out rather than guessed. Not a published standard, not an estimate. Names, hometowns and the coach who recruited each athlete are the member view.
Signed out of: TX
+ 3 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 6 athletes is, where they came from, and the coach who recruited their event — see the named class
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These numbers move every recruiting cycle — they’re last class’s signing marks, not a fixed bar. Programs also weigh progression, event needs, academics and open roster spots, so a mark in range starts a conversation; it doesn’t guarantee one.
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More Southland recruiting standards
Real signee marks for the programs McNeese recruits against.
D1 standards for the events McNeese signs
What the whole division signed in each event, not just this program.
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