Assistant Director of Athletic Equipment - 2025 will be 19th Season at Florida
Edmund Boyd concluded his 17th season as UF’s Assistant Director of Athletic Equipment and Gator Baseball’s Equipment Manager in 2023, a position he undertook in December of 2006. His main responsibilities revolve around ordering and accounting all of Florida's baseball equipment while also directing actual game-day equipment efforts for the team. Boyd oversees a staff of numerous student managers and runs a state-of-the art area within the baseball complex which houses everything needed by the student-athletes.
A native of Fresno and then Ridgecrest, Calif., Boyd earned his bachelor's degree in administrative management in 1989 from the University of Arkansas and received his master's in recreation management from UA in 1990. From 1991-99, he worked in the intramural sports program at the University of Florida and assisted in game-day operations for the Gator baseball and football programs between 1991 and 2006. Boyd was also the Regional Manager for DeConna Ice Cream for six years spanning 2000-06. When not handling the baseball team's equipment needs, Boyd enjoys spending time with his four children, Tommy, Katherine, Penelope and Alexandra.
