Talladega College is cutting more non-revenue generating athletic programs this fall, according to the school’s interim president.

Programs cut include men’s volleyball, acrobatics and tumbling, men’s and women’s golf and men’s and women’s indoor track programs, according to a release. Talladega’s operating budget was $34 million last year, and is in an ongoing struggle to fix a financial “crisis.”

Interim president Walter Kimbrough told AL.com that poor decision-making led to multiple sports added without a strategic or financial plan.

“So when you add those things and you have to add athletic and academic scholarships, it didn’t make a lot of sense,” Kimbrough said.

Talladega shut down its gymnastics program last year.

Kimbrough said no one has stepped up to help pay to maintain these sports, which also don’t charge spectator fees.

“The decision to establish these programs was made in the spirit of fostering a diverse and inclusive athletic environment,” school administrators said in a release. “However, early on, such studies would have revealed that these programs were not sustainable under present institutional conditions.”

Timothy King, who created Talladega’s golf program in 2022, resigned as the coach last year. He said he left because he understood that financial issues would eventually affect the team.

“I miss coaching those kids,” King said. “I still have relationships with all of them.”

He said he was grateful for the position and didn’t want to leave. King and his wife live about 160 miles away from Talladega in Muscle Shoals. When they lost their son in a motorcycle accident, he wanted to stay closer to home.

The men’s team took second place at the Continental Athletic Conference Championship last April. Some of his recruits are from outside the United States, so he’s helping them find new colleges to call home.

The private, historically Black college’s enrollment decreased by 24% over the last several years, Kimbrough said at a September press conference. The fall 2023 enrollment was 839 students, according to the “State of the College” report.

The school reached a settlement with U.S. Bank in December, which filed a civil suit for non-payment for computer and surveillance equipment leases from 2018, according to court documents.

“I hope the school makes it through all this and continues to operate,” he said.