List of James Madison University alumni

The following is a list of James Madison University alumni.

Athletics

American football

• Khalid Abdullah, former professional football player
• John Allen, Tennessee Tech wide receiver coach
• D. J. Bryant, former NFL player
• Macey Brooks, former NFL player
• Daniel Brown, former NFL player
• Bryce Carter, professional football player for the Ottawa Redblacks
• Ron'Dell Carter professional football player for the Michigan Panthers
• Mike Caussin, former NFL player
• Mike Cawley, former professional football player
• Gary Clark, former NFL player^[1]
• John Daka, professional football player
• Corey Davis, professional football player
• Rashard Davis, former NFL player
• John DeFilippo, professional football coach
• Ben DiNucci, former NFL player
• Willie Drew, professional football player for Toronto Argonauts
• DeLane Fitzgerald, head coach Southern Utah
• Dion Foxx, former NFL player^[2]
• Liam Fornadel, NFL player for New York Jets
• Nelson Garner, former NFL player
• Raven Greene, former NFL player
• Jalen Green, professional football player for Toronto Argonauts
• Charles Haley, former NFL player, Pro Football Hall of Fame and College Football Hall of Fame inductee.^[3]
• Derek Hart, former NFL player
• Zach Horton, NFL player for Detroit Lions
• Quintin Hunter, head coach for Emory and Henry
• Ishmael Hyman, former NFL player
• Jay Jones, former NFL player^[4]
• Akeem Jordan, former NFL player^[5]
• Delvin Joyce, former NFL player
• Curtis Keaton, former NFL player
• Clint Kent, former professional football player
• Jamree Kromah, NFL player for Chicago Bears
• Rodney Landers, former professional football player
• Vad Lee, former professional football player
• Scott Lemn, head coach for Bridgewater college
• Dean Marlowe, Quality control coach for Oklahoma State football and former football player
• Evan McCollough, former professional football player
• David McLeod, former professional football player and first recipient of AFL Defensive Player of the Year Award
• Douglas McNeil, professional football player
• Arthur Moats, former NFL player^[6]
• Jimmy Moreland, former NFL player^[7]
• Dylan Morris, Assistant running backs coach for Alabama
• Scott Norwood, former NFL player and NFL scoring leader (1988)^[8]
• Ed Perry, former NFL player^[9]
• Justin Rascati, pass game coordinator for Cincinnati Bengals
• Bryan Stinespring, head football coach for Roanoke College
• Aaron Stinnie, NFL player for New York Giants
• Isaac Ukwu, professional football player for Michigan Panthers
• Earl Watford, former NFL player
• Josh Wells, former NFL player
• Kelly Wiltshire, former professional player

Baseball

• Odicci Alexander, former softball player and Softball America Pitcher of the Year in 2021
• Dana Allison, former MLB player
• Lorenzo Bundy, former MLB player and Manager of the Diablos Rojos del México
• Rich Croushore, former MLB player
• Chase DeLauter, MLB outfielder for the Cleveland Guardians
• Travis Harper, former MLB player
• Kevin Kelly, MLB pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays
• Kellen Kulbacki, former MLB player
• Jake Lowery, former MLB player
• Brian McNichol, former MLB player
• Dan Meyer, former MLB player
• Larry Mitchell, former MLB player
• Kevin Munson, former MLB player
• Ryan Reid, former MLB player
• Nick Robertson, baseball player
• Billy Sample, former MLB player and broadcaster^[10]
• Rich Thompson, former MLB player
• Mike Venafro, former MLB player^[11]

Basketball

• Denzel Bowles, former professional basketball player
• Kenny Brooks, head coach of the University of Kentucky women's basketball team
• Dwayne Broyles, former professional basketball player
• Charles Cooke, former NBA player (did not graduate)
• Ron Curry, professional basketball player
• Sherman Dillard, assistant basketball coach at the University of Iowa men's basketball
• Terrence Edwards Jr., professional basketball player
• Steve Hood, former professional basketball player
• Matt Lewis, professional basketball player
• Wes Miller, head coach of University of Cincinnati men's basketball (did not graduate)
• Louis Rowe, assistant coach Cleveland State men's basketball
• Dan Ruland, former professional basketball player
• Kevin Sutton, assistant coach Florida Gulf Coast University men's basketball
• Kyle Swanston, former professional basketball player
• Linton Townes (born 1959), former NBA player
• Tom Vodanovich, professional basketball player
• Kennard Winchester, former NBA player (did not graduate)
• Tamera Young, former WNBA player

Soccer

• Christina Julien, professional ice hockey player for Melbourne Ice and former soccer player, member of 2011 Canadian women's world cup team
• Alan Mayer, former professional soccer player, voted in 1999 the Top JMU Athlete of the Century
• Kurt Morsink, former MLS player
• C. J. Sapong, former MLS player and 2011 MLS Rookie of the Year
• Nick Zimmerman, head coach of Mississippi State women's soccer team and former MLS player

Other

• Jeff Compher, former director of athletics at East Carolina University
• Eric Davis, former rugby player
• Tiombe Hurd, USA Olympic track & field athlete (2004); American record holder in outdoor triple jump^[12]
• Elliott Sadler, NASCAR driver (did not graduate)

Academics

• Marcia Angell, Harvard University Medical School faculty member^[13]
• Carole Baldwin, research zoologist
• Matt Bondurant, author of The Wettest County in the World; professor at the University of Texas at Dallas
• Kembrew McLeod, faculty member at the University of Iowa
• Marney White, Yale University faculty member

Business

• Jason Harris, president and founder of Mekanism
• Jennifer Morgan, Co-Chief Executive Officer of SAP SE
• John-Paul Lee, founder and CEO of Tavalon Tea
• Kathy J. Warden, CEO of Northrop Grumman

Entertainment

• Sarah Baker, actress (The Campaign, Mascots)
• Steve Buckhantz, basketball play-by-play announcer for the Washington Wizards
• Brent Comer, actor
• Tony Deyo, comedian
• Glennon Doyle, author
• Meredith Garretson, actress
• Barbara Hall, TV producer and writer
• Ashley Iaconetti, television personality (The Bachelor)
• Steve James, documentary producer and director
• Mia LaBerge, artist
• Geoff LaTulippe, screenwriter
• Mark Jordan Legan, TV and film writer, NPR correspondent
• Mike Long, professional Magic: The Gathering player for the Pro Tour
• Karen McCullah Lutz, screenwriter
• Nathan Lyon, host of Discovery Health's television series A Lyon in the Kitchen
• Wendy Maybury, stand-up comedian
• PFT Commenter, blogger, podcast personality for Barstool Sports (Pardon My Take)
• Jon Pineda, author
• Don Rhymer, screenwriter and producer
• John Roberts, former NASCAR on Fox and NASCAR on Speed host^[14]
• Anne Savedge, photographer, artist
• Tony Schiavone, professional wrestling announcer
• Reshma Shetty, actress (Royal Pains)
• Patricia Southall, Miss Virginia USA; first runner-up Miss USA
• Chris Sprouse, comic book artist
• Phoef Sutton, film and television writer
• Sara Tomko, actress (Resident Alien)
• Christina Tosi, owner of Momofuku Milk Bar; MasterChef judge; James Beard Foundation Award winner: Rising Star Chef
• Nina Willner, nonfiction author

Journalism

• Jim Acosta, Senior White House Correspondent for CNN^[15]
• Cornell Belcher, writer, pollster, and political strategist; regular contributor on NBC News, MSNBC, and NPR
• Julia Campbell, newspaper journalist and reporter for CourtTV
• Lindsay Czarniak, sports anchor and reporter for ESPN SportsCenter^[16]
• Lawrence Jackson, photojournalist^[17]
• Alison Parker, television reporter who, along with videographer Adam Ward, was killed during a live interview^[18] in 2015
• Chuck Taylor, music journalist

Music

• Robert Abisi, DJ (Lost Kings)
• Brian Balmages, composer
• Margaret Becker, Christian rock musician
• The Bigger Lights, alternative rock band
• Ross Copperman, recording artist
• Tony Deyo, marching band drill designer
• Everything, '90s rock band
• Andrew Goldstein, music producer, songwriter
• Joe Hottinger, musician (Halestorm)
• Keith Howland, musician (Chicago)
• Illiterate Light,^[19] rock band
• Chris Monroe, musician
• Leroi Moore, musician (Dave Matthews Band)
• Soon Hee Newbold, producer, composer, musician^[20]
• Old Dominion, members Whit Sellers, Geoff Sprung, Brad Tursi, country musicians and song-writers
• Nate Smith, drummer, songwriter, producer
• Butch Taylor, musician (Dave Matthews Band)
• Phil Vassar, country music singer
• Andrew York, musician and composer

Politics and government

• Dawn Adams, Virginia State Delegate
• Dickie Bell, former Virginia State Delegate^[21]
• Melanie Blunt, First Lady of Missouri (2005–2009)
• Chris Collins, former Virginia State Delegate^[22]
• Kirk Cox, former Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates
• Sean F. Dalton, member of the New Jersey General Assembly^[23]
• Emmett Hanger, Virginia State Senator
• Tara Jackson, acting Prince George's County Executive (2024–present)
• James A. "Jay" Leftwich, Jr., Virginia State Delegate
• Ryan McDougle, Virginia State Senator and former Virginia State Delegate
• Jeff McKay, Chairman of the Fairfax County, VA Board of Supervisors
• Jason Miyares, Attorney General of Virginia^[24]
• Matt Rinaldi, former Texas State Representative and chairman of the Republican Party of Texas
• Bettina Ring, former Virginia Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry
• Walter Shaub, former director of the United States Office of Government Ethics and senior director, Campaign Legal Center
• Joseph R. Slights III, Vice-chancellor, Delaware Court of Chancery; Judge, Superior Court of Delaware
• Levar Stoney, Mayor of Richmond, Virginia and former Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia
• Scott Surovell, Virginia State Senator
• Matthew Wasniewski, Historian of the United States House of Representatives
• Liza Wright, served George W. Bush as Assistant to President for Presidential Personnel and Director of Presidential Personnel
• Anita Friedt, American diplomat and former U.S. Department of State senior official^[25]