Amy Beggin joined the Lobo Family in July of 2011 working the women’s basketball program, and she currently serves as the Senior Associate AD for Compliance/Deputy Title IX Coordinator/SWA, a role she has held since July of 2024. She previously served as Associate AD for Compliance/Deputy Title IX Coordinator/Interim SWA.
Beggin joined the Lobo administration in 2016 as the director of compliance. Previous to that, she served five years on the Lobo women’s basketball staff.
In her role as Senior Associate AD for Compliance/Deputy Title IX Coordinator/SWA, Beggin has sport oversight for women’s basketball, men’s and women’s track and field/cross country, women’s golf and women’s swimming/diving. In addition, she created the Lobo Leadership Academy for UNM student-athletes, and she co-founded the Lobo Institute for Excellence program. Beggin also oversees all mental health initiatives, oversees the drug testing program and is part of the UNM NIL team.
Beggin returned to her Southwest roots after a one-year stint as a graduate assistant at South Dakota State University. The former Lobo had a decorated career in Albuquerque from 2006-2010. In 2019, Beggin was inducted into the UNM Hall of Honor.
A 2010 graduate and three-time All-Mountain West Conference selection as a point guard, Beggin is one of 17 New Mexico players to reach 1,000 points in a single career, and the sixth player in Lobo history to reach the mark as a junior following a 553 point season, averaging 15.4 points per game. Beggin finished her career at New Mexico with 1,423 points and 450 rebounds for an average of 10.9 points and 3.5 rebounds per game. She appeared in 130 contests for the Lobos, making 97 starts including every contest of her sophomore and junior years.
Over the course of her time as a Lobo, she was named Academic All-Mountain West and a Mountain West Conference Scholar-Athlete three times each. She was a two-time Mountain West Conference Player of the Week and was also UNM’s Most Valuable Player following her junior and senior seasons.
A native of Minnesota, Beggin earned her bachelor’s degree from New Mexico in 2010. She holds a master’s degree from South Dakota State University.