| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Athletic director |
| Team | Grand Canyon |
| Conference | Mountain West |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | April 10, 1978 |
| Alma mater | University of San Diego University of Arizona |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2003–2010 | Duke (assistant AD) |
| 2011–2014 | Georgia State (senior associate AD) |
| 2015–2019 | Grand Canyon (deputy AD) |
| 2019–2021 | Grand Canyon (interim AD) |
| 2021–present | Grand Canyon |
Jamie Boggs is the current director of athletics for Grand Canyon University. Boggs was named interim athletic director at GCU on August 12, 2019, [1] [2] before being elevated to permanent athletic director on April 26, 2021. [3]
Boggs was raised in the Moon Valley area of Phoenix, Arizona, for most of her childhood and is a graduate of Xavier College Preparatory. [3]
Boggs attended college at the University of San Diego, graduating in 1999 with a Bachelor of Arts in psychology. [4] [5] She later attended the University of Arizona's James E. Rogers College of Law, graduating with a Juris Doctor in 2002. [6]
Boggs started her career in college athletics administration at Duke University and Georgia State University. At Duke, she began as a compliance coordinator in 2003, a compliance director in 2005 before being named assistant athletic director in 2007, becoming the youngest member of Duke's athletics senior staff. [7] Moving to Georgia State in 2010, she was the athletic department's chief operating officer where she led the efforts to successfully transition the program to the Football Bowl Subdivision. [8]
Boggs accepted the role of deputy athletic director at GCU in November 2014. [9] She became an integral part of the university's successful transition from NCAA Division II to Division I, culminating with official postseason eligibility in August 2017. [10]
Upon Mike Vaught's resignation as athletic director in 2019, Boggs was named interim athletic director. [11] She had the interim label removed on April 26, 2021. [1]
Boggs has held several national roles including chairing the NCAA Women's Basketball Oversight Committee [12] and serving in the NCAA's Division I Council from 2018 to 2023. [13] She was named one of Arizona's Most Influential Women by AZ Big Media in 2021 and was recognized with the 2021 Rising Star Award. [14]
GCU has won six Western Athletic Conference Commissioner's Cups for the conference's top-performing athletics department since Boggs' arrival at the school. [15] Boggs helped orchestrate GCU's acceptance into the Mountain West Conference, a move that was publicly announced on November 1, 2024. [16]
Boggs is married to former Georgia Tech baseball star and businessman Matthew Boggs and the couple has two children: Aiden and Lilia. [3]