Boo Corrigan
Boo Corrigan was selected by Chancellor Randy Woodson as NC State Director of Athletics on January 29, 2019 and began his tenure in Raleigh on April 30, 2019.
Corrigan arrived at NC State after eight years as director of athletics at West Point. Under his leadership, Army excelled in competition but also surpassed ambitious fundraising goals, upgraded several facilities, added three varsity sports and created a new brand identity, all while cadet-athletes raised the bar academically. He was named a 2017 Athletic Director of the Year by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics.
At NC State, Corrigan leads a program that includes 23 teams, revenue of about $86 million and more than 200 full-time employees.
Corrigan oversaw an unprecedented increase in athletic fundraising during his time at West Point. Through his guidance the Army A Club experienced a 30 percent increase in membership while increasing the total money raised annually by 200 percent from $2.5 million to approximately $7.5 million. Corrigan also led significant growth of the Athletic Department’s endowments establishing 16 new funds, more than doubling the number of endowments, and growing the department’s total endowment funds by more than $18 million in his tenure. In addition, Corrigan raised more than $35 million in support of new and renovated facilities.
Corrigan is no stranger to the Atlantic Coast Conference. Before joining Army, Corrigan worked for three years in the athletic department at Duke, serving as senior associate athletic director for external affairs. He also served as assistant director of marketing at Florida State University from 1992 to 1996.
Corrigan also served five years as associate athletic director for marketing at the University of Notre Dame and three years as associate athletic director for marketing at the U.S. Naval Academy.
Corrigan spent much of his youth in Charlottesville while his father, Gene, served as Virginia’s athletic director from 1971-81. Gene Corrigan was later athletics director at Notre Dame and commissioner of the ACC.
Corrigan is married to the former Kristen Aceto, a field hockey and lacrosse player at the University of Virginia, who also earned a master’s degree from the school. The couple have three children, Finley (17), Tre (15) and Brian (14). Corrigan received his bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Notre Dame in 1990 and earned a master’s degree in education from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2013.
