Roy Boone is entering his seventh season with the Madison College men's basketball program and his fifth as associate head coach after being promoted in May 2018. He was initially hired in September 2016. Boone served as the interim head coach of the WolfPack for six games durign the 2021-22 season and posted a 2-4 record.
Boone had been coaching the fifth grade team for the North East Side Youth Basketball (NESYB) program and previously served as freshman boys coach at Madison East HS in 2004. He ran a highly-competitive summer pro-am league within the city, which he transitioned into the creation of the semi-pro Madison Mavericks that he is the president of and plays for.
Born in Detroit, Michigan, Boone moved to Madison prior to his junior year of high school and attended East High. As a guard, he averaged 29.6 points per game his senior year, earning all-state recognition and Big 8 Conference Player of the Year. Following high school, he enrolled at Coffeyville (KS) Community College (NJCAA Division I).Â
Boone returned to Madison two years later to join hall of fame coach Dick Bennett and the University of Wisconsin. In his first season, he helped the Badgers on a magical run to the 2000 NCAA Final Four. Boone scored a team-high 18 points in a semifinal loss to eventual national champion Michigan State. The following year he led the Badgers in scoring at 12.8 points a game and was named Big Ten All-Conference by the media and coaches.
When his college playing days were over, Boone went on to play professionally in Germany in Europe's top league, as well as with the Rockford Lightning of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA), the Southern Crescent Lightning of the World Basketball Association (WBA), and Minnesota Ripknees of the American Basketball Association (ABA).
Boone earned a bachelor's degree in consumer science from the University of Wisconsin in 2001, and has been a juvenile court worker for seven years
Away from basketball, Boone currently resides in Madison with his wife, Kristen, and their daughter, Kennedy. He also enjoys biking, golfing, and playing with his daughter.
