Keith Eugene Booth (born October 9, 1974 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American basketball coach and former player. Booth played college basketball at the University of Maryland from 1994 to 1997. He is currently an assistant at his alma mater under Gary Williams.
Heavily recruited by coach Gary Williams, he was the first player from Baltimore City in many years to play for Maryland. After the resignation of Williams' predecessor, Bob Wade, due t...
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Keith Eugene Booth (born October 9, 1974 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American basketball coach and former player. Booth played college basketball at the University of Maryland from 1994 to 1997. He is currently an assistant at his alma mater under Gary Williams.
Heavily recruited by coach Gary Williams, he was the first player from Baltimore City in many 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 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...
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