Richard James Boyages (born March 15, 1962) is Associate Commissioner for Men's Basketball for the annual
Big Ten Conference. Working with Big Ten Commissioner James E. Delaney, Boyages serves as main administrator and conference office liaison for the
Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament and primary overseer of the men's basketball officiating program.
Prior to this, Boyages was head coach and association commissioner for the
Mid-American Conference (MAC), which he joined in 2005 after stints as special assistant to the athletic director at
Ohio State University in its 2004–05 academic year, and as head coach for the
William & Mary Tribe men's basketball team from 2000 to 2003.
[William & Mary men's basketball history - Media Guide 2007-08]
. Accessed March 24, 2008. He compiled a 33–52 overall record (21–31 in the
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) during his three seasons as William & Mary's coach.
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Boyages started his coaching career at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, where he coached for four seasons. In 1987, he became Bates' head basketball coach at age 24, the nation's youngest collegiate head coach that year.][Center for Sports Parenting: Rick Boyages biography]
Accessed April 20, 2008. His Division I career began at Boston College
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in 1991, however, following his years at Bates. He also spent two separate stints as an assistant coach for the Ohio State men's team (1998–2000 and 2003–2004).[
A native of Wakefield, Massachusetts, Boyages is a 1985 graduate of ]Bowdoin College
Bowdoin College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Brunswick, Maine. When Bowdoin was chartered in 1794, Maine was still a part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The college offers 34 majors and 36 minors, as well as several joint eng ...
in Brunswick, Maine, where he was a studio art major and a basketball team captain. At his graduation he received the college's Allison Haldane Cup for outstanding leadership and character. He earned a master's degree in education from Boston University and was inducted into the New England Basketball Hall of Fame in Glastonbury, Connecticut, in 2009."Big Ten Announces Rick Boyages as Associate Commissioner for Men's Basketball," Nov. 11, 2009, bigten.org
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