Louisiana Tech University - Athletics

Athletics

Louisiana Tech's sixteen athletic teams have competed in the Western Athletic Conference since 2001. During May 2012 it was announced that Louisiana Tech has been extended, and has accepted, an invitation to join Conference USA beginning July 1, 2013. The university's seven men's teams are known as the Bulldogs, and the nine women's teams are known as the Lady Techsters. The teams wear the university colors of red and blue except for the women's basketball team that wears their signature Columbia blue.

In the past four years, Louisiana Tech launched a campaign to improve the on-campus athletic facilities. The facility improvements include renovations to Joe Aillet Stadium, the Thomas Assembly Center, J.C. Love Field, and the Lady Techster Softball Complex. In addition to the recent renovations, Tech constructed new facilities including the Jim Mize Track and Field Complex, Lady Techster Soccer Field, Lambright Bowling Alley, and Louisiana Tech Tennis Complex. In 2010, Louisiana Tech announced the "Quest For Excellence" campaign. The $20 million project will finance the construction of a 90,000-square-foot (8,400 m2) facility in Joe Aillet Stadium's south endzone. The endzone facility will include a new sports medicine facility, strength & conditioning center, academic center, coaches' offices, locker rooms, administrative suites, and meeting rooms for the university's athletic department personnel. The South endzone complex will also include a Hall of Fame memorabilia area and large premium seating club.