While on work in Germany, Boyden played for amateur side Rostocker FC in the German Verbandsliga Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
[13] While attending graduate school at the University of Michigan, Boyden served as a volunteer assistant coach for the Michigan Wolverines women's soccer team under former United States women's national soccer team coach Greg Ryan.
[14] He spent one year with the Wolverines before accepting an assistant coach job with Bradley Braves.
[14] In March 2013, Boyden was hired by former UCSB teammate Neil Jones as an assistant coach with Loyola Ramblers.
[15] Boyden attended the University of Michigan for graduate classes and his first publication examined the factors affecting career length in Major League Soccer.