Ginny Boggess Explained

Ginny Boggess
Current Title:Head coach
Current Team:Toledo
Current Conference:MAC
Current Record:0–0
Birth Date:13 September 1981
Birth Place:Hamlin, West Virginia, U.S.
Player Years1:1999–2003
Player Team1:Wingate
Coach Years1:2003–2004
Coach Team1:Kennesaw State (Georgia)
Coach Years2:2004–2006
Coach Team2:Kennesaw State (asst.)
Coach Years3:2006–2008
Coach Team3:Hofstra (asst.)
Coach Years4:2008–2013
Coach Team4:Jacksonville State (asst.)
Coach Years5:2013–2014
Coach Team5:Columbia (asst.)
Coach Years6:2014–2019
Coach Team6:Marquette (asst.)
Coach Years7:2019–2021
Coach Team7:Penn State (asst.)
Coach Years8:2021–2024
Coach Team8:Monmouth
Coach Years9:2024–present
Coach Team9:Toledo
Overall Record:54–42

Virginia Leigh Boggess (born September 13, 1981) is an American women's basketball head coach and former player. She is the current head coach of the University of Toledo women's basketball team.[1] She previously served as the head coach at Monmouth University.[2]

Early Life and Education

Boggess is from Hamlin, West Virginia.[3] She played college basketball for Wingate University from 1999 through 2003 where she received her bachelor's degree[4]

Coaching career

Her first coaching job was a graduate assistant for the Kennesaw State in 2003. After one season she was hired as a full-time assistant where she remained until 2006. She spent three seasons as an assistant at Hofstra, five at Jacksonville State, and one at Columbia.[5] In 2014 she was hired by Carolyn Kieger as an assistant when Kieger accepted the head coaching position at Marquette. In 2019 she followed Kieger to Penn State where she remained until she landed her first head coaching job.[6]

Monmouth

On May 8, 2021, She was named the ninth head coach at Monmouth.[7] She led the Hawks to a 54–42 record over three seasons.[8] Her 2022–23 team went 18–16 in the regular season and, as the seventh seed, became the first team to win the CAA tournament by winning four games in four days.[9] They lost to Tennessee Tech in a play-in game in the NCAA Tournament.[10] During her final season Monmouth went 22–10.[11]

Toledo

On April 9, 2024, She was named the tenth head coach at Toledo.[12]

Head coaching record

College

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ginny Boggess hired as next Toledo women's basketball head coach. WTOL 11. Troy. Gingerich. en.
  2. Web site: Monmouth picks new women’s basketball head coach. Can she keep program's momentum going?. 2024-05-15. 2024-04-24. Stephen. Edleson. Asbury Park Press. en.
  3. Web site: College basketball: Boggess, of Hamlin, named women's Basketball Coach at Toledo. 2024-05-15. Taylor. Kennedy. Charleston Gazette-Mail. en.
  4. Web site: Toledo hires Monmouth's Ginny Boggess to lead women's basketball program. 2024-05-15. 2024-04-09. Kyle. Rowland. Toledo Blade. en.
  5. Web site: Ginny Boggess. 2024-05-15. Toledo Athletics. en.
  6. Web site: Ginny Boggess. 2024-05-15. Penn State Athletics. en.
  7. Web site: GINNY BOGGESS NAMED HEAD WOMEN’S BASKETBALL COACH. 2024-05-15. 2021-04-08. Monmouth Athletics. en.
  8. Web site: Monmouth women's basketball coach Ginny Boggess bolting for Toledo. 2024-05-15. 2024-04-09. AOL. Asbury Park Press. Stephen. Edleson. en.
  9. No. 7 Monmouth Wins First CAA Women’s Basketball Championship Defeating No.1 Towson 80-55 . Colonial Athletic Association . March 12, 2023 . July 21, 2023.
  10. Web site: TTU women get 8th straight win, beat Monmouth in First Four. 2024-05-15. 2023-03-16. ESPN. AP. en.
  11. Web site: Monmouth women's basketball: Exodus underway after head coach departs. 2024-05-15. 2024-04-13. Asbury Park Press. Stephen. Edleson. en.
  12. Web site: Toledo hires new women’s basketball coach. 2024-05-15. 2024-04-09. WGTV 13. en.
  13. Web site: Ginny Boggess. 2024-05-15. Sports Reference. en.