by our College Data Analytics TeamHere we dig into Golf at James Madison University, a spring sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. JMU is classified as NCAA Division I-FCS as a member of Sun Belt Conference.
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The JMU men’s golf team fields 10 players, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 37. Academic data covers 34 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
The JMU women’s golf team fields 8 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 29. The most recent cohort included 35 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Between the two teams, JMU carries 18 golf athletes — 10 on the men’s side and 8 on the women’s.
Among the 15 varsity sports JMU sponsors, golf sits at #11 by total roster size.
The men’s golf program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Of those, 2 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Carter Cheves.
The women’s golf program carries 2 coaches — 1 head coach and 1 assistant. Staffing-wise, 2 are full-time and 0 part-time. The head coach is Tommy Baker.
Comparing the two, men’s program carries 2 coaches to the women’s 2.
Across the school’s 15 sports, golf sits #4 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The JMU men’s golf program generated $686,738 in revenue against $686,741 in expenses, a net loss of $3. This comes to about $14,708 in operating expense per athlete, or $147,078 per team.
The JMU women’s golf program brought in $835,114 in revenue against $835,113 in expenses, a net profit of $1. This comes to about $21,894 in operating expense per athlete, or $175,148 per team.
Comparing the two programs, the men’s team brought in $686,738 to the women’s $835,114 in revenue.
Among the school’s 15 sports, golf ranks #10 by revenue, accounting for 2% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s golf team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (993 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. It retained 99% of its athletes, with 100% remaining academically eligible.
The women’s golf team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1000 (998 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 100%. The program kept 98% of its athletes, with 98% remaining academically eligible.
Comparing the two, men posted an APR of 1000 and the women 1000, with graduation success rates of 100% and 100% respectively.
Against the school’s average team APR of 992, golf grades out ahead at 1000.
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