The Green Wave compete as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision.
Since 2024, Jon Sumrall has served as head coach at Tulane.
[1] Twelve coaches have led Tulane in postseason bowl games: R. R. Brown, Bernie Bierman, Ted Cox, Red Dawson, Jim Pittman, Bennie Ellender, Larry Smith, Vince Gibson, Mack Brown, Chris Scelfo, Curtis Johnson, and Willie Fritz.
Fred Sweet and Mark Hutson have the lowest winning percentage of those who have coached more than one game, with 0.000.
Of the 42 different head coaches who have led the Green Wave, Shaughnessy, Bierman, Claude Simons Jr., and Brown have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.