# List of Boise State University people

This list of Boise State University people includes notable graduates, non-graduate former students, and administrators affiliated with Boise State University, a public research university in Boise, Idaho. As of 2015, the university has approximately 22,000 current students and over 80,000 living alumni.
Bachelor's degrees were first awarded in the late 1960s; degrees granted prior are associates only.

## Business and finance

| Name | Class year(s) | Notability |
| Steve Appleton | 1983 | Chairman and CEO of Micron Technology |
| Jim Cathey | 1992 | Chief Commercial Officer at Qualcomm |
| William Agee | 1958 | Former president and CEO of Bendix Corporation and Morrison-Knudsen |
| Butch Otter | 1964 | Former president of Simplot International |
| Larry Williams | 1964 | Founder and president of Idaho Timber Corp. |

## Government and public policy

| Name | Class year(s) | Notability |
| Butch Otter | 1964 | Former Governor of Idaho; former U.S. Congressman and four-term Lieutenant Governor of Idaho |
| Mike O'Callaghan | 1950 | Former governor of Nevada and executive director of The Las Vegas Sun; earned the Bronze Star in Korea |
| Tom Luna | 1985 | Former Superintendent of Public Instruction for the State of Idaho |
| Bill Sali | 1981 | Former U.S. Congressman and eight-term Representative in the Idaho Legislature |
| Edward Lodge | 1955 | Federal Judge on the United States District Court for the District of Idaho |
| Robert Bakes | 1952 | Former Chief Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court |
| Sergio Gutierrez | 1980 | Judge on the Idaho Court of Appeals |
| Celia Gould | 1979 | Director of the Idaho Department of Agriculture; former eight-term Idaho State Legislator |
| Kate Kelly | 1991 | Senate minority leader in the Idaho Legislature |
| Bethine Church | 1943 | Widow of U.S. Senator Frank Church; Democratic political organizer; winner of the Lawrence O'Brien Award |

## Arts, media, and entertainment

| Name | Class year(s) | Notability |
| Michael Hoffman | 1974 | Rhodes Scholar; Hollywood director of 13 movies, including several Oscar-winning titles |
| Earl Boen | 1961 | Hollywood actor with roles in over 50 films and 400 televisions appearances, including Naked Gun, the Terminator series, Seinfeld, The Golden Girls, LA Law, and The Wonder Years |
| William Anderson | 1939 | Best-selling author of 22 books; his book BAT-21 sold a million copies and became a Hollywood movie |
| Gary Green | 1968 | Award-winning conductor; Music Department chairman at the University of Miami |
| Michelle Willis | 1996 | Popular composer of LDS and Christian music |
| Randy Davison | | Actor who portrayed Joseph McCarthy in The United States vs. Billie Holiday and the maitre d' of the Café Trocadero in Mank |
| Trevor Powers | withdrew c. 2010 | Musician; originally performed as Youth Lagoon from 2010–16; pursuing English degree during initial growth of music career |

## Academia and the sciences

| Name | Class year(s) | Notability |
| Radhika Ramana Dasa | 1999 | Professor at The College of William & Mary and Bhaktivedanta College |
| Gary L. Bennett | 1960 | Former manager at NASA; worked on the Voyager 1, Voyager 2, and New Horizons missions |
| Gary Green | 1968 | Award-winning conductor; Music Department chairman at the University of Miami |
| Cheryl Schonhardt-Bailey | 1984 | Professor at London School of Economics and Political Science |

## Sports

| Name | Class year(s) | Notability |
| Graham DeLaet | 2004 | Professional golfer on the PGA Tour |
| Ryan Clady | 2007 | Two-time NFL All-Pro left tackle for the Denver Broncos; first Pro Bowl appearance in 2009 |
| Chris Childs | 1989 | Former NBA player with the New Jersey Nets, the New York Knicks, and the Toronto Raptors |
| Tyrone Crawford | 2011 | NFL defensive end for the Dallas Cowboys; |
| Gus Johnson | 1962 | Five-time NBA All-Star player with the Baltimore Bullets |
| Larry Jackson | 1952 | All-Star Major League pitcher with the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies |
| Scott Jorgensen | (Psychology) | three-time NCAA Wrestling Qualifier; current mixed martial artist, formerly competing in the Ultimate Fighting Championship |
| Alva Liles | | Super Bowl XV champion Oakland Raiders |
| Dave Wilcox | 1962 | Former NFL lineman for the San Francisco 49ers; inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame |
| Don Summers | 1983 | Former NFL tight end for the Green Bay Packers and the Denver Broncos |
| Daryn Colledge | 2005 | NFL offensive guard for the Arizona Cardinals |
| Chuck Compton | 1986 | Former NFL defensive back for the Green Bay Packers |
| Korey Hall | 2006 | NFL fullback for the Arizona Cardinals |
| Alexander Mattison | 2018 | NFL running back for the Minnesota Vikings |
| Shea McClellin | 2011 | NFL defensive end for the Chicago Bears |
| Cedric Minter | 1985 | Former NFL running back for the New York Jets; also CFL |
| Kimo von Oelhoffen | 1994 | Former NFL defensive tackle for the Cincinnati Bengals and Super Bowl XL champion |
| Elaine Elliott | 1977 | Head coach of the University of Utah's Women's Basketball team |
| Renward Wells | | Olympic runner in the 1996 and 2000 summer Olympic Games |
| Charles Burton | 1996 | Competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Men's Wrestling; wrestling coach at Nebraska |
| Doug Martin | 2011 | Former NFL running back for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| Shawn Stasiak | 1994 | Former WWE wrestler and three-time World Tag Team Champion |
| Orlando Scandrick | 2007 | Former NFL cornerback for the Kansas City Chiefs and the Dallas Cowboys. |
| Jens Pulver | c. 1995 | Mixed martial arts fighter, first Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight champion, and former featherweight with World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) |
| Jeb Putzier | 2007 | Former NFL tight end for the Denver Broncos |
| Kyle Wilson | 2009 | NFL cornerback for the NY Jets |
| Roland Woolsey | 1974 | Former NFL safety for the Dallas Cowboys, Seattle Seahawks and Cleveland Browns |
| Ardie McInelly | 1982 | NCAA Division I head coach for Idaho State Bengals women's basketball (1996–2001) and Air Force Falcons women's basketball (2001–10) |
| Geraldo Boldewijn | | American football player |
| Kellen Moore | 2012 | Former NFL quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys (2015-2017). Currently Head Coach New Orleans Saints (2025-present) the offensive coordinator for the, Los Angeles Chargers (2023), and Offensive coordinator Philadelphia Eagles (2024), Quarterback Coach of Dallas Cowboys (2018), and Offensive coordinator Dallas Cowboys (2019-2022) |
| Chandler Hutchison | 2018 | Current NBA player for the Chicago Bulls |
| Doc Haskell | 2012 | head coach of Boise State Esports |
* James Webb III (born 1993), basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Israeli Basketball Premier League