by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Baseball at Alabama A & M University, a spring sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. AAMU competes in NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Southwestern Athletic Conf..
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The AAMU men’s baseball team lists 47 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 81. The most recent cohort included 93 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 12 varsity sports AAMU sponsors, baseball ranks #4 by total roster size.
The men’s baseball program is staffed by 3 coaches — 1 head coach and 2 assistants. In all, 2 work full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Louis Whitlow.
Among the school’s 12 sports, baseball sits #5 by total coaching staff.
These numbers are reported to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The AAMU men’s baseball program reported $370,282 in revenue against $674,499 in expenses, running a deficit of $304,217. That works out to about $3,093 in operating expense per athlete, or $145,352 per team.
Against the school’s 12 sports, baseball sits #5 by revenue, accounting for 3% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s baseball team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 936 (923 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 81%. The program kept 91% of its athletes, with 90% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 946, baseball lands below the pack at 936.
When AAMU earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. To rank well, a program needs strong athletics and a quality education.
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