by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at Alabama A & M University, a winter sport — the roster, coaching, finances and academics, broken out by gender and stacked against the school’s other sports. AAMU plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Southwestern Athletic Conf..
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The AAMU men’s basketball team lists 27 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 49. Academic data covers 53 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The AAMU women’s basketball team fields 20 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 57. The most recent cohort included 59 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, AAMU carries 47 basketball athletes — 27 on the men’s side and 20 on the women’s.
Among the 12 varsity sports AAMU sponsors, basketball comes in at #4 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 6 coaches — 1 head coach and 5 assistants. In all, 5 are full-time and 1 part-time. Leading the program is Donte Jackson.
The women’s basketball program is staffed by 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Staffing-wise, 4 work full-time and 0 part-time. Leading the program is Dawn Brown-Thornton.
Between the genders, the men’s program carries 6 coaches to the women’s 4.
Across the school’s 12 sports, basketball ranks #2 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The AAMU men’s basketball program reported $1,591,243 in revenue against $1,235,045 in expenses, netting $356,198. That works out to about $18,578 in operating expense per athlete, or $501,600 per team.
The AAMU women’s basketball program brought in $1,293,631 in revenue against $1,183,091 in expenses, netting $110,540. This comes to about $22,803 in operating expense per athlete, or $456,057 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team generated $1,591,243 to the women’s $1,293,631 in revenue.
Against the school’s 12 sports, basketball ranks #2 by revenue, accounting for 22% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 904 (908 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 78%. The program kept 92% of its athletes, with 87% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s basketball team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 944 (934 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 87%. The program kept 91% of its athletes, with 93% remaining academically eligible.
Side by side, the men posted an APR of 904 and the women 944, with graduation success rates of 78% and 87% respectively.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 946, basketball trails the average at 924.
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