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A two starter for Augsburg’s men’s basketball team, Boots was the team’s leading scorer, team Most Valuable Player, an All-MIAC selection and All-NAIA District 13 selection as a senior. In the 1978-79 season, Boots set single-season school and MIAC records for free-throw percentage (.971 in MIAC play, .881 overall). After graduating form Augsburg and later earning his Master’s degree in physical education at the University of Minnesota, he entered the coaching profession. He was named head coach at Augsburg in the 1982-83 season and coached the Auggies for six years, compiling a 100-56 record (1982-88) and earning two MIAC championships (1984, 1985). Boots moved to coach at the University of South Dakota in 1988, and has a 443-172 record in 21 seasons there, the most wins of any USD men’s basketball coach. Boots named North Central Conference Coach of the Year after the Coyotes won NCC titles in 1993, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2007, South Dakota Coach of the Year in 1994 and 1999 and North Central Region Coach of the Year in 1993, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2007, has led the Coyotes to four NCAA Division II national tournament appearances, advancing to the Elite Eight in 1993 and 1994. Boots lives in Vermillion, South Dakota.
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