Jackie Boswell had dreamed of serving in the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The Anne Arundel County native applied for the FBI Academy and was on the waiting list, but there was a federal government hiring freeze at the time.
The Virginia Wesleyan graduate, who had minored in criminology, accepted a position as assistant girls’ basketball coach at Seton Keough High in the interim. Eventually, the FBI sent Boswell a letter stating the freeze had been lifted and she was welcome to reapply for admission to the academy.
“By that time I had really got into coaching and loved it,” Boswell said.