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Tommy Baker Receives Contract Extension Through 2028-29
2/27/2026 11:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
HARRISONBURG, Va. – James Madison Director of Athletics Matt Roan has announced that Women's Golf Head Coach Tommy Baker has received a contract extension through the 2028-29 academic year.
Baker, in his his eighth season as head coach of JMU in 2025-26, has elevated the women's golf program to new heights during his tenure, leading a program that finished seventh at the Colonial Athletic Association Championships the year prior to his arrival to the fifth CAA title in program history in 2020-21.
"We're pleased to extend Tommy Baker as our women's golf head coach," Roan said. "With Tommy leading the team, a positive culture has been established and excellence has been achieved, as evidenced through many academic, athletic, and personal success stories, including a conference championship. He's had several seasons as a top-seeded program based on regular season performance, and he has had both team and individual representation in NCAA postseason competition. The Sun Belt is certainly a challenging golf league, and we're confident that Tommy is positioning the program for success this year and beyond. Specifically, I'd like to commend him for his approach to mentoring our student-athletes to be well-rounded students and leaders on this campus and in their future endeavors."
Baker was also named the CAA Coach of the Year in 2021-22. Baker's teams also own the top six single-season scoring averages in program history, including a mark of 293.03 in 2021-22. Under Baker's watch, eight Dukes been named All-Conference, including Kendall Turner taking home the CAA Player of the Year following the 2020-21 season along with a pair of at-large selections as an individual in NCAA Regionals in the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons.Â
"I want to thank Matt Roan, Kevin Warner, and President Jim Schmidt for their continued support and the opportunity to keep leading the JMU women's golf program," Baker said. "We are undoubtedly building something special here at JMU, and I'm excited to build on the foundation we've established over the past eight years while pursuing even higher levels of success in the years ahead. JMU is home for my family and me, and I'm deeply committed to bringing more championships to this exceptional institution."
This season, JMU finished in the top five in three of five tournaments in the fall portion of the schedule, which included a tie for first at the Elon Invitational on Sep. 16 – his eighth with the Dukes and 25th in his coaching career. The Dukes will return to the course on Monday, March 2, at the Daniel Island Invitational in Daniel Island, S.C.Â
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