2022 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team

The 2022 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team will represent the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Ragin' Cajuns will play their home games at Cajun Field in Lafayette, Louisiana, and compete in the West Division of the Sun Belt Conference. They will be led by first-year head coach Michael Desormeaux.

2022 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
DivisionWest Division
2022 record0–0 (0–0 Sun Belt)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTim Leger (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorLaMar Morgan (1st season)
Home stadiumCajun Field
(Capacity: 41,426)
2022 Sun Belt Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
Appalachian State  0 –0   0 –0  
Coastal Carolina  0 –0   0 –0  
Georgia Southern  0 –0   0 –0  
Georgia State  0 –0   0 –0  
James Madison*  0 –0   0 –0  
Marshall  0 –0   0 –0  
Old Dominion  0 –0   0 –0  
West Division
Arkansas State  0 –0   0 –0  
Louisiana  0 –0   0 –0  
Louisiana–Monroe  0 –0   0 –0  
South Alabama  0 –0   0 –0  
Southern Miss  0 –0   0 –0  
Texas State  0 –0   0 –0  
Troy  0 –0   0 –0  
Championship: December 3, 2022
  • * – Ineligible for postseason play due to FCS-to-FBS transition rules
As of May 2, 2022; Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

The Ragin' Cajuns finished the 2021 season 13–1, 8–0 in Sun Belt play to finish in first place in the West Division for the fourth consecutive year in the Sun Belt Conference and Conference Champions in arguably the best finish in the history of the program.

The Cajuns ended their season by defeating the Marshall Thundering Herd in the 2021 New Orleans Bowl.

On November 28, 2021, head coach Billy Napier was hired to become the head coach at the University of Florida.[1] On December 5, 2021, Michael Desormeaux was named the interim head coach for the 2021 New Orleans Bowl and the 27th head coach of the Ragin' Cajuns for the 2022 season.[2][3]

Staff
Name Position Consecutive season at Louisiana
Michael DesormeauxHead coach1st (2nd overall)
Tim LegerOffensive coordinator/Wide receivers coach/Recruiting coordinator1st
LaMar MorganDefensive coordinator/Safeties coach1st
Jorge MunozAssociate head coach/Tight ends coach1st
Wes NeighborsAssociate head coach/Outside Linebackers coach1st
Galen ScottAssistant coach/Inside Linebackers coach1st
Rory SegrestAssistant head coach/Defensive line coach1st
Jeff BurrisAssistant coach/Cornerbacks coach1st
Matt BergeronAssistant coach/Running backs coach1st
Jeff NorridAssistant coach/Offensive line coach1st
Bryant RossAssistant coach/Co-Offensive line coach1st
Connor NeighborsStrength and conditioning coach1st

[4]

Schedule

All conference games were announced in early March 2022.

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 3Southeastern Louisiana*
September 10Eastern Michigan*
  • Cajun Field
  • Lafayette, LA
September 17at Rice*
September 24at Louisiana–Monroe
October 1South Alabama
  • Cajun Field
  • Lafayette, LA
October 12at Marshall
October 22Arkansas State
  • Cajun Field
  • Lafayette, LA
October 27at Southern Miss
November 5Troy
  • Cajun Field
  • Lafayette, LA
November 10Georgia Southern
  • Cajun Field
  • Lafayette, LA
November 19at Florida State*
November 26at Texas State
  • *Non-conference game

References
  1. Low, Chris; Schlabach, Mark (November 28, 2021). "Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football coach Billy Napier hired as Florida Gators' new coach". ESPN. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  2. "University of Louisiana Names Michael Desormeaux as Head Football Coach". Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns. December 5, 2021. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  3. Scarborough, Alex (December 5, 2021). "Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns promote Michael Desormeaux to head football coach". ESPN. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
  4. "Football Coaches". University of Louisiana Athletics. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
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