Jackie Boswell has a Division III background and now has a D-III head coaching job.

After 10 highly successful seasons at Seton Keough High School in Baltimore, Jackie Boswell has been named head women's basketball coach at Stevenson, athletic director Brett Adams announced Wednesday. She replaces Chris Ramer, who resigned in April after 16 seasons as the school's first coach.

"We've done a lengthy and exhaustive national search for the head women's basketball coach," Adams said. "I feel that we have the very best candidate and it is unique because sheis a local candidate. I've watched her coach IAAM championship gamesand she is a fantastic coach and a fantastic administrator. I think it is the perfect fit for Stevenson University to take us to the next level."

Boswell, who played four seasons at Division III Virginia Wesleyan where she earned her bachelor of arts degree in sociology in 1995, totaled a 235-82 record at Seton Keough from 2000-11.

During that time, Boswell led the Gators to six IAAM title games, including an A conference championship in 2009, while earning three Baltimore City Coach of the Year honors in 2006, 2007 and 2009 and Metro Coach of the Year in 2009. She was also named WBCA District 3 Coach of the Year in 2008.

"Stevenson University is up and coming and I am excited about the opportunity to lead the women's basketball program to the top," said Boswell.

In 2009, Boswell led Seton Keough to its first IAAM A Conference championship since 2000, the No. 1 ranking and a 25-8 record. The Gators won the prestigious ESPN RISE National High School Invitational with a 44-42 win over seventh-ranked Riverdale Baptist and captured the Bishop Walsh Catholic School Invitational, something no Baltimore school had done in the years prior. The team was also ranked at No. 12 in the ESPN Rise Girls Basketball Team Rankings.

Also that year, Boswell served as a head coach in the McDonald's Roundball Classic High School All-Star Showcase at Hagerstown Community College.

This year, Boswell led Seton Keough to a 21-9 record and a mark of 12-4 in the IAAM A Conference. The team was ranked at No. 8 in the state.

On April 4, Boswell was one of four high school coaches chosen to speak at the WBCA Convention on April 4 in Indianapolis, site of the 2011 NCAA Women's Final Four. She led a seminar entitled "Seeking Our Leadership and How to Promote It."

Boswell was selected as the head coach of the red team at the USA Olympic Youth Festival in Colorado Springs in 2007 and led eight teams to the AAU National Championship while winning five AAU state championships.

The director and founder of the Gator Basketball Camp since its inception in 2001, Boswell also has worked the McDonald's All-American Camp as well as camps at Florida and Duke.
Boswell, who graduated from Archbishop Spalding High School, spent a total of 14 years at Seton Keough, serving as the girls basketball assistant coach from 1996-2000 and athletics director from 2000-11.