Deven Boland began his tenure at the helm of the Bulldog softball program on August 3, 2026.
Boland takes over the UMD softball helm after three seasons in two capacities at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. Promoted to an assistant coach in 2024-25, Boland served in that role for two seasons after joining the Yellow Jacket staff in 2023 as the program's Director of Operations and Player Development. During his tenure, Georgia Tech made consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances (2026, 2025) for the first time since 2011-12 and advanced to the NCAA Regional final for the first time since 2010 in 2026.
In 2024, Boland served as the Director of Operations for the Yellow Jackets, coordinating many elements of the team's travel logistics while also contributing with data entry and analysis of various systems for player development. In his first year with the program, Georgia Tech hit 89 home runs (1.62 HRs/game), the 4th highest average in Division I. The bats finished with a Top 10 national ranking in both on-base percentage (.409 – 9th) and slugging percentage (.558 – 8th) ultimately finishing with an average of 6.27 runs per game, the 14th best offense in Division I.
Prior to his coaching success in Atlanta, Boland was the Director of Player Personnel/Operations at North Carolina State from 2021-2023, including a stint as interim head coach for the Wolfpack throughout the majority of the 2023 season. While serving as the head coach, Boland led all facets of a Power Four NCAA Division I program during a critical transition period, successfully stabilizing the program's culture.
Boland spent three years (2019-2021) as the Associate Head Softball Coach at North Iowa Area Community College in Mason City, Iowa. He helped recruit and coach the winningest graduating class in program history (class of 2021) and had a hand in guiding the team to its first-ever Regional Final appearance.
Boland graduated from the University of Iowa in May of 2019 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Enterprise Leadership.
