Keith Booth

Keith Eugene Booth (born October 9, 1974) is an American basketball coach and former player. Booth played college basketball at the University of Maryland from 1994 to 1997. He was an assistant coach at his alma mater under Gary Williams from 2004 to 2011. He was also an assistant coach for G. G. Smith with the Loyola University Maryland men's basketball team.[1]

Keith Booth

Booth coaching in February 2017
Personal information
Born	(1974-10-09) October 9, 1974 Baltimore, Maryland
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight	226 lb (103 kg)
Career information
High school	Paul Laurence Dunbar (Baltimore, Maryland)
College	Maryland (1993–1997)
NBA draft	1997 / Round: 1 / Pick: 28th overall
Selected by the Chicago Bulls
Playing career	1997–2000
Position	Small forward
Number	22
Coaching career	2004–present
Career history
As player:
1997–1999	Chicago Bulls
1999–2000	Baltimore Bayrunners
As coach:
2004–2011	Maryland (assistant)
2011–2013	Loyola (Maryland) (women's assistant)
2013–2018	Loyola (Maryland) (men's assistant)
Career highlights and awards
NBA champion (1998) Third-team All-American – AP, NABC (1997) First-team All-ACC (1997) Third-team All-ACC (1996) Second-team Parade All-American (1993)
Career NBA statistics
Points	130 (2.9 ppg)
Rebounds	97 (2.2 rpg)
Assists	39 (0.9 apg)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Booth was born and raised in Baltimore and attended Paul Laurence Dunbar High School. Heavily recruited by coach Gary Williams, he was the first player from Baltimore City in several years to play for Maryland. After the resignation of Williams' predecessor, Bob Wade, due to NCAA violations, a de facto boycott of the university was put in place by the high-school coaches in Baltimore. Because of this boycott, many star high-school players avoided Maryland as a choice to play their college ball. In becoming one of the members of Maryland's 1993 recruiting class, Booth broke the ice, and the school once again had access to talent-rich Baltimore City. Booth was a 1993 McDonald's All-American.[2]

Booth was the Chicago Bulls' first-pick (28th overall) in the 1997 NBA Draft, and he played two seasons with the Bulls. Booth later returned to the Maryland campus and earned a bachelor's degree in criminology and criminal justice in 2003. After getting his degree, he worked at the Park School of Baltimore in Brooklandville, Maryland, where he was the middle school baseball coach. He also volunteered at an after-school program at his former high school, Dunbar.[3]

In 2004, he returned to his alma mater to become an assistant under Williams.[4] He organized recruiting as well as promoting and directing the Gary Williams Summer Basketball Camp each Summer in College Park. After Williams' retirement in 2011, Booth left Maryland when incoming head coach Mark Turgeon chose not to retain him.[5]

In October 2011, Booth was named a women's basketball assistant coach at Loyola University Maryland.[6] He transitioned to the school's men's basketball team in a similar capacity on April 16, 2013.[5]