Virginia Leigh Boggess (born September 13, 1981) is an American women's basketballhead 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]
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]
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
Conference regular season champion
Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
Division regular season champion
Division regular season and conference tournament champion
Conference tournament champion