Real Recruiting Standards · 2026-27 cycle
What it actually takes to run at Tennessee Southern
NAIA · SSAC · TN
No published standards, no estimates — this is what Tennessee Southern actually signed: 6 athletes in the 2025-26 class — including 3 international signees. What it takes, straight from the results.
Tennessee Southern is a 934-student public campus in Pulaski, TN and competes in the SSAC. Watson, Justin leads a staff of 2.
Median: the middle signee’s personal best. Range: the full spread of the class, fastest to slowest. 1500m/Mile and 3000m marks read as their 1600m/3200m equivalents. Sourced from verified meets, not self-reported times.
The Tennessee Southern program at a glance
- Division
- NAIA
- Conference
- SSAC
- Campus
- Pulaski, TN
- Enrollment
- 934 students
- T&F operating budget
- $168K men · $169K women
Public institution
Program expense, not scholarship aid
Men's standards
Home-grown signees: marks pulled from verified American high-school meets.
Who recruits for Tennessee Southern
Sourced from the program’s own athletics department directory.
- Watson, JustinHead Coach
- Dawson, DillonAssistant Coach
Direct, verified contact info for the full Tennessee Southern staff lives in the member database.
Every verified mark in Tennessee Southern's 2025-26 class
3 of the 6 athletes signed have a verified high-school mark, shown here with the mark each was signed on. The other 3 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: Tenn.
+ 1 international signee 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 3 athletes is, where they came from, and the coach who recruited their event — see the named class
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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.
Tennessee permits high school NIL for high school athletes. See the Tennessee NIL rules →
More SSAC recruiting standards
Real signee marks for the programs Tennessee Southern recruits against.
NAIA standards for the events Tennessee Southern signs
What the whole division signed in each event, not just this program.
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