Alcorn State University Women's Basketball
Alcorn State University fields a women's basketball team in the Southwestern Athletic Conf. (NCAA Division I). In 2024–25 the roster carried 15 players, about the median of 15, with 1 head coach and 3 assistants. Team expenses were $1,225,522, well below the median of $2.2M — $81,701 per roster spot, bottom quarter of Division I women's basketball programs. That is exactly the Division I roster cap of 15 in force from 2025-26. The team's multi-year Academic Progress Rate is 967, about the median of 986, with 93% of players retained year to year. The school gave $868,503 in athletic aid across its women's teams, about $5,713 per roster spot.
Among Division I women's basketball programs
Where this program sits against its 360 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).
Team budgets across the division
Roster sizes (cap 15)
The program
- Roster15 2024–25 season
- Division I roster cap15 at the cap
- Coaching staff1 head, 3 assistant
- Team expenses$1,225,522 for the year
- Operating expenses$595,014 game-day and travel
- Spend per roster spot$81,701 division median $141,297
- Academic Progress Rate967 multi-year; 1000 latest
- Players retained93% year to year
- Eligible98% of player-terms
- Athletic aid, women's teams$868,503 school-wide
- Aid per roster spot$5,713 across women's teams
- Recruiting spend, women's$45,319 school-wide
Coaching staff
| Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Nate Kilbert head coach | Head Coach | not on file |
Recruiting timing
- Coaches may first contact youJune 1 after sophomore year
- Your own emailsAny time the rule limits what coaches send back
- High-school basketball players356,240 2024-25
- Division I roster spots6,175 360 programs
- Odds of a spot1 in 58 1.7% of high-school players hold a Division I roster spot
General NCAA rule for Division I; the women's basketball recruiting guide has the date for each grad year, the eligibility checklist and what to put in a first email.
About the school
What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.Campus
Full picture →- Setting
- Rural
- Type
- Public · Master's university
- Affiliation
- None
- HBCU
- Yes
Getting in
Full picture →- Test scores
- Scores required
- Graduate in 6 yrs
- 45%
Women's Basketball
Full picture →- Team expenses
- $1,225,522 $81,701 per roster spot · bottom quarter of Division I
- Coaches
- 1 head · 3 assistant
- Athletic aid, women's teams
- $868,503
- Recruiting spend, women's
- $45,319
Cost
Full picture →- Tuition & fees
- $8,549
Campus safety
Full picture →- In residence halls
- 2 burglaries · 3 sex offences over 2022–2024
- Residence-hall fires
- 0 over 2022–2024
Majors
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Women's Basketball programs within 150 miles
| School | Miles | Roster | Budget | APR | Admitted | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi Christian University Division II · Gulf South Conference | 57 | 22 | $640k | — | 49% | |
| Jackson State University Division I · Southwestern Athletic Conf. | 62 | 17 | $979k | 974 | 91% | |
| Millsaps College Division III · Southern Athletic Association | 64 | 19 | $161k | — | 49% | |
| Belhaven University Division III · Collegiate Conference of the South | 65 | 22 | $184k | — | 53% | |
| University of Louisiana Monroe Division I · Sun Belt Conference | 71 | 13 | $1.4M | 958 | 75% | |
| Southern University, Baton Rouge Division I · Southwestern Athletic Conf. | 94 | 16 | $1.1M | 964 | 50% | |
| Louisiana Tech University Division I · Sun Belt Conference | 99 | 14 | $2M | 974 | 73% | |
| Louisiana State University Division I · Southeastern Conference | 101 | 13 | $12M | 981 | 74% | |
| Grambling State University Division I · Southwestern Athletic Conf. | 102 | 17 | $1.2M | 942 | 24% | |
| Southeastern Louisiana University Division I · Southland Conference | 102 | 15 | $1.2M | 986 | 94% | |
| The University of Southern Mississippi Division I · Sun Belt Conference | 113 | 14 | $1.9M | 962 | 99% | |
| Northwestern State University Division I · Southland Conference | 115 | 17 | $1.1M | 976 | 94% |
Other women's basketball programs in the Southwestern Athletic Conf.
| School | Roster | Budget | Per player | APR | Compare | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcorn State University at cap | 15 | $1.2M | $81,701 | 967 | vs | |
| Alabama A&M University 5 over cap | 20 | $1.2M | $59,154 | 934 | vs | |
| Grambling State University 2 over cap | 17 | $1.2M | $69,235 | 942 | vs | |
| Bethune-Cookman University at cap | 15 | $1.2M | $78,149 | 981 | vs | |
| Alabama State University 2 over cap | 17 | $1.1M | $66,460 | 967 | vs | |
| Texas Southern University room for 1 | 14 | $1.1M | $80,698 | 974 | vs | |
| Southern University, Baton Rouge 1 over cap | 16 | $1.1M | $68,084 | 964 | vs | |
| Prairie View A&M University room for 1 | 14 | $1M | $74,694 | 919 | vs | |
| Jackson State University 2 over cap | 17 | $979k | $57,585 | 974 | vs | |
| Florida A&M University 3 over cap | 18 | $934k | $51,870 | 946 | vs | |
| University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff room for 3 | 12 | $818k | $68,160 | 973 | vs | |
| Mississippi Valley State University 3 over cap | 18 | $619k | $34,390 | 944 | vs |
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