GRAMBLING STATE UNIVERSITY

ABOUT GRAMBLING STATE

Located in rural Louisiana, Grambling State University operates one of the historically significant athletic programs at a Historically Black College, fielding 16 varsity sports across NCAA Division I-FCS competition since establishing athletics in 1901. The university's enrollment of 5,232 students supports a comprehensive sports operation within the Southwestern Athletic Conference, where football remains the program's flagship sport with deep roots in SWAC tradition. This positioning reflects Grambling's commitment to leveraging athletics as a vehicle for student-athlete development at an institution founded 123 years ago.

The Tigers compete across 8 men's sports and 8 women's sports, balancing revenue-generating programs like football and basketball with Olympic sports that serve the broader student-athlete population. Grambling maintains competitive rosters in traditional SWAC strongholds including football, basketball, and baseball, while also supporting less common offerings at the HBCU level such as women's lacrosse and men's soccer. Women's volleyball and cross country round out a sports portfolio designed to provide scholarship opportunities across the athletic spectrum within the conference's framework for historically Black institutions.