Dave Boots (born November 18, 1955)

Teams coached: Augsburg College Auggies, South Dakota Coyotes
Augsburg record^: 100-56 (.641)
South Dakota record^: 503-235 (.682)
Overall record^: 603-291 (.674)

Career Accomplishments:

• NCAA National Championships:  0
• NCAA Tournament Appearances:  0
• NIT Championships:  0
• NIT Appearances:  0 
• CIT Appearances:  1  (2010)
• Great West Regular Season Champion:  1  (2010)
• NCC (Div II) Regular Season Champion:  6  (1993, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2007)
• MIAC (Div III) Regular Season Champion:  3  (1983, 1984, 1985)
• Great West Tournament Champion:  1  (2010)
• NCC (Div II) Tournament Champion:  2  (2005, 2007)
• NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances:  10  (1990, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
• NCAA Division III Tournament Appearances:  1  (1985)

Awards:

• Great West Coach of the Year:  1  (2010)
• NCC (Div II) Coach of the Year:  6  (1993, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2007)
• MIAC (Div III) Coach of the Year:  2  (1982, 1985)

Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):

1988-2013	South Dakota
1982-1988	Augsburg College
1981-1982	Anoka Ramsey CC

Dave Boots Facts

• David W. Boots
• Born November 18, 1955
• Alma Mater: Augsburg College (BA, 1979) / University of Minnesota (MA, 1982)
• Played for four years at (then NAIA) Augsburg College (now University) in Minneapolis, MN
  • A two-year started, Boots was All-MIAC and All-NAIA District 13 as a senior in 1979
• First coaching job was a one-year stint as head coach at Anoka Ramsey CC (MN), where he went 15-7
• Became the head coach at his alma mater in 1982, leading the (then D-III) Auggies for six seasons
  • Went 100-56, won three MIAC titles and reached the D-III NCAA Tournament in 1985
  • Inducted into the Augsburg Sports Hall of Fame in 1999
• Hired to be the head coach at South Dakota, then in the D-II North Central Conference, in 1988
  • Won six NCC titles, two NCC Tournament crowns and went to D-II NCAA Tournament ten times
  • The program moved up to Division I in 2008 and joined the short-lived Great West Conference in 2009
  • Boots’ Coyotes team swept the Great West regular season and Tournament titles in 2010, earning a trip to the CIT in the program’s first year of D-I postseason eligibility
  • Retired from coaching in 2013 after 25 years at South Dakota, during which time he was 503-235
  • Inducted into the Coyote Sports Hall of Fame in 2017
• Along with his wife, Peggy, has two sons; one son, Jordan, played for his father at South Dakota

Dave Boots Coaching Tree

• Nate Bjorkgren (Indiana Pacers, Bakersfield Jam, Iowa Energy, Santa Cruz Warriors, Dakota Wizards)
• Brian Good (Wingate, Queens NC, MSOE)
• Joey James (South Dakota)
• Greg Lansing (Indiana State)

 

^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I, Division II and Division III levels only; South Dakota moved up to Division I in 2008 during Boots’ tenure as head coach