Assistant Coach Toia Giggetts will enter her second season at Queens University in 2024-25 after officially starting on July 8, 2024.
Giggetts will also serve as the lead forward/post coach, lead travel coordinator, and an academic mentor as she assists Coach Brown with the day-to-day operations of the women’s basketball program.
Before joining the Royals in July 2024, Giggetts spent last year as an assistant coach at Hampton University. While at Hampton, Giggetts assisted with recruiting, scouting, team travel, player development of both posts and guards.
A native of Norfolk, VA Giggetts played her scholastic basketball at Lake Taylor High where she played for Coach Sandra Sawyer. She earned a host of honors including second-team All-Tidewater Region (2010, 2011), first-team All-Eastern District (2010, 2011) and was the team MVP (2010, 2011). She scored 1,119 points in her scholastic career with 891 rebounds. She helped lead the Titans to the AAA State Championship in 2010 and state runners-up in 2011. She also AAU basketball for Basketball Hall of Famer Boo Williams on his Boo Williams elite AAU team (2009-11).
She played her collegiate basketball at James Madison for JMU Hall of Famer Coach Kenny Brooks and helped lead the Lady Dukes to the 2014 and 2015 CAA championships while scoring 1,162 career points. She was named to the CAA’s All-Rookie team. The forward/center was named conference player of the week on two occasions and earned second-team All-CAA recognition in 2014. She earned second-team recognition by the Richmond Times-Dispatch and was named to the JMU Invitational All-Tournament team. She also excelled in the classroom where she earned the CAA Commissioners Academic Award, JMU Athletic Director’s Scholar-Athlete honors and Dean’s List and was a two-time Academic Excellence Award recipient.
Giggetts also played professionally in Switzerland for two years with Lancey Plo (2015-16) and Geneva Elite (2016-17) where she was the top scorer in Geneva.
Giggetts graduated with honors from James Madison in 2015 with a bachelor’s degree in Hospitality.
