Virginia Leigh Boggess (born September 13, 1981) is an American women's

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and former player. She is the current head coach of the

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women's basketball team. She previously served as the head coach at

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Early life and education

Boggess is from

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. She played college basketball for

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from 1999 through 2003 where she received her

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Coaching career

Her first coaching job was a

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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

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, five at Jacksonville State, and one at Columbia. 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

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where she remained until she landed her first head coaching job.

Monmouth

On May 8, 2021, She was named the ninth head coach at

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. She led the Hawks to a 54–42 record over three seasons. 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. They lost to

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in a play-in game in the NCAA Tournament. During her final season Monmouth went 22–10.

Toledo

On April 9, 2024, She was named the tenth head coach at

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Head coaching record

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