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Division I · Atlantic Sun Conference

Lipscomb University Men's Cross Country

Nashville, TN · the Bisons · Lipscomb University overview
990
APR
99% of players retained
67%
Admitted
upper half for selectivity

Lipscomb University fields a men's cross country team in the Atlantic Sun Conference (NCAA Division I). The team's multi-year Academic Progress Rate is 990, about the median of 990, with 99% of players retained year to year. The school gave $3,000,127 in athletic aid across its men's teams, about $14,634 per roster spot.

Among Division I men's cross country programs

Where this program sits against its 314 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).

APR990

Team budgets across the division

$14k$1.1M

Roster sizes (cap 17)

134

The program

  • Division I roster cap17 from 2025-26
  • Academic Progress Rate990 multi-year; 1000 latest
  • Players retained99% year to year
  • Eligible99% of player-terms
  • Athletic aid, men's teams$3,000,127 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$14,634 across men's teams
  • Recruiting spend, men's$120,857 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Nick Polk head coachHead Coachnot on file
Mackenzie BarnettAssistant Coach- DistanceOn file · sign in
Brady JohnsonAssistant Coach- Men's DistanceOn file · sign in
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Recruiting timing

  • Coaches may first contact youJune 15 after sophomore year
  • Your own emailsAny time the rule limits what coaches send back
  • High-school cross country players241,565 2024-25
  • Division I roster spots854 314 programs
  • Odds of a spot1 in 280 0.35% of high-school players hold a Division I roster spot

General NCAA rule for Division I; the men's cross country recruiting guide has the date for each grad year, the eligibility checklist and what to put in a first email.

About the school

What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.
3,270undergraduates · 5,047 students in all
Women 65% Men 35%
Setting
City
Type
Private · Doctoral/professional university
Affiliation
Churches of Christ
67%admitted · of 4,244 applicants
SAT middle 50%1145 – 1350
ACT middle 50%22 – 29
Test scores
Test-optional
Graduate in 6 yrs
69%

Men's Cross Country

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Academic Progress Rate990
99% of players kept year to year
Athletic aid, men's teams
$3,000,127
Recruiting spend, men's
$120,857
$27,386net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker price$59,678
Average net price$27,386
Net price by family income
$0–30k$21,886
$30–48k$18,642
$48–75k$23,820
$75–110k$26,322
$110k and up$30,873
Tuition & fees
$38,824

Campus safety

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0.53violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent0.53
Property0.07
In residence halls
0 burglaries · 3 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
0 over 2022–2024
19%of bachelor's degrees in business · 26 fields · Associate's, Bachelor's, Doctorate, Master's
Business137 · 19%
Visual & performing arts104 · 14%
Health professions & nursing86 · 12%
Biological sciences66 · 9%
Psychology56 · 8%

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Men's Cross Country programs within 150 miles

Lipscomb UniversityBelmont University · 2 miVanderbilt University · 3 miTrevecca Nazarene University · 4 miTennessee State University · 4 miMiddle Tennessee State University · 30 miAustin Peay State University · 43 miWestern Kentucky University · 64 miTennessee Technological University · 72 miUniversity of the South · 79 miMurray State University · 92 miAlabama A&M University · 92 miUniversity of Alabama in Huntsville · 96 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
Belmont University Division I · Missouri Valley Conference2——100096%
Vanderbilt University Division I · Southeastern Conference312$550k—6%
Trevecca Nazarene University Division II · Gulf South Conference417$131k—70%
Tennessee State University Division I · Ohio Valley Conference4——100093%
Middle Tennessee State University Division I · Conference USA30——100068%
Austin Peay State University Division I · United Athletic Conference438$80k97896%
Western Kentucky University Division I · Conference USA64——98897%
Tennessee Technological University Division I · Southern Conference728$223k99383%
University of the South Division III · Southern Athletic Association7911$40k—51%
Murray State University Division I · Missouri Valley Conference9210$95k100086%
Alabama A&M University Division I · Southwestern Athletic Conf.92———66%
University of Alabama in Huntsville Division II · Gulf South Conference96———74%

Other men's cross country programs in the Atlantic Sun Conference

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
Stetson University room for 611$306k$27,7941000vs
Florida Gulf Coast University room for 89$272k$30,196978vs
University of West Florida room for 710$139k$13,936—vs
Jacksonville University at cap17$68k$3,970—vs
Lipscomb University———990vs
Bellarmine University————vs
Queens University of Charlotte————vs
University of North Florida———990vs

Every Atlantic Sun Conference men's cross country program · Men's Cross Country budgets ranked