by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Basketball at Alma College, a winter sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. Alma is classified as NCAA Division III with football as a member of Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association.
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The Alma men’s basketball team lists 36 athletes.
The Alma women’s basketball team fields 23 student athletes.
Across both rosters, Alma carries 59 basketball athletes — 36 on the men’s side and 23 on the women’s.
Among the 16 varsity sports Alma sponsors, basketball comes in at #5 by total roster size.
The men’s basketball program employs 4 coaches — 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Of those, 1 work full-time and 3 part-time. The head coach is Michael Fitzpatrick.
The women’s basketball program carries 5 coaches — 1 head coach and 4 assistants. In all, 1 work full-time and 4 part-time. The head coach is Samantha Stormont.
Side by side, the men’s program carries 4 coaches to the women’s 5.
Among the school’s 16 sports, basketball ranks #4 by total coaching staff.
The figures below come from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The Alma men’s basketball program brought in $226,020 in revenue against $226,020 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $2,161 in operating expense per athlete, or $77,795 per team.
The Alma women’s basketball program brought in $204,434 in revenue against $204,434 in expenses, essentially breaking even. This comes to about $3,351 in operating expense per athlete, or $77,076 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $226,020 to the women’s $204,434 in revenue.
Among the school’s 16 sports, basketball sits #3 by revenue, or about 8% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
When Alma earns a spot on a Best Schools for a Sport list, we include that ranking. College Factual’s sports rankings weigh both athletics and academics.
Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.