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Jamie Boggs
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] Early life and educationBoggs 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] CareerBoggs 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] Grand CanyonBoggs 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] Personal lifeBoggs is married to former Georgia Tech baseball star and businessman Matthew Boggs and the couple has two children: Aiden and Lilia.[3] References
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