SPORTS
BASKETBALL IQ
“I try to use my resources and my Badgers connections to try to bring some of the guys back into the community where I’m at,” Boone says. Boone himself played for the Badgers before signing contracts to play professionally overseas, and he uses the game to make a positive impact on the kids he coaches. He often recruits kids to work concessions and sell tickets for the adult league to keep them involved in something positive, and he says he mentors them to teach them how to conduct themselves both on and off the court. “I’m having a blast doing that, passing down the knowledge and the experience that I learned,” Boone says.
Boone’s connections to some of the area’s best basketball players have also proved to be a major bene t in his youth leagues as well. Boone says he’s recruited players like Tamara Moore (Wisconsin’s all-time leader in steals and assists) and other Badgers to help out at basketball camps, showing the younger generation what it takes to be a top talent.
“I DON’T REALLY LOOK AT IT AS WORK BECAUSE I ENJOY DOING IT.”
- ROY BOONE
example for his daughter and hopes the lessons he passes on to kids stay with them for years to come. “I think this is what I’m supposed to be doing,” Boone says. “I don’t really look at it as work because I enjoy doing it.”
POSITIVE MESSAGES
Boone says he enjoys sharing stories of his experiences with the kids and just being present in their lives. He says many of the kids lack a strong male role model in their lives and he hopes to be a positive example for them to follow. “They need to see it, they don’t need to hear it, they need to see you do it,” Boone says. “As long as they feel they can do what I did, or it’s possible they could go to college, or play basketball, that's a huge plus to me.” For all the chaos that comes with running multiple basketball leagues while juggling a young family, Boone says he loves making a difference in the community. He says he wants to be a positive
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