Renderings were revealed for Alabama’s new basketball practice facility on Thursday during the UA System’s Annual Board of Trustees Meeting.
The proposed architectural design for the facility, which will house both the Alabama men’s and women’s basketball programs, was approved by the physical properties committee for the UA Systems’s Board of Trustees. The full board will vote later Thursday.
The project will add a 48,800 square-foot expansion to the current practice facility, which is attached to the southern end of Coleman Coliseum. The proposed cost, $58.674 million, has not changed. Construction is already under way.
The renovation will include “new sports medicine spaces, film and team meeting rooms, locker rooms, lounges and coaches staff areas for men and women,” along with the new practice facility and weight room for the men, according to a past presentation given the trustees.
“As a program, we spend a majority of our time in the practice gym, the weight room and studying film, so the potential for us to have a new and expanded space for our student-athletes to develop is big for our program,” men’s basketball coach Nate Oats said in a statement in June.
“We have tremendous support from our administration, which has played a role in our success, and I want to thank the Board of Trustees, Interim Chancellor Trant and President Bell as well as Greg Byrne and Shane Lyons for bringing this forward. I’d also like to thank our donors and fans for all they do for us.”
Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne previously said “after the start of the ’26 calendar year, hopefully during that season, both teams will able to be in their practice areas and locker room space and weight room space and fully operational at that point.”
“Each team will have a dedicated practice gym and weight room space, which is where our programs spend the majority of their time, meaning this project will have an incredible impact on both of our basketball programs,” Byrne previously told the trustees.
“Coach Oats and Coach [Kristy] Curry are extremely supportive of this plan as a positive and valuable next step for their respective teams and they’ve both expressed this is the highest priority at this time, and the facility will meet an immediate need as we continue to work toward long-term priorities for our basketball programs.”
The project will not affect Coleman Coliseum itself, and plans remain stalled for a new basketball arena to be built.
Below are the renderings revealed Thursday:
Cody Goodwin covers the Alabama Crimson Tide for 247Sports. Follow him on Twitter at @codygoodwin.
