Missouri S&T Athletics

George Booker begins his second season on the Miner staff in 2012, where he will serve as the defensive line coach in the upcoming season. Booker came to Missouri S&T after a stint at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Wash., where he was the defensive line coach for the Vikings.

At Western Washington, Booker assisted the defensive unit on run defense adjustments and pass protecton schemes, while also managing the team’s video personnel. He also handled the administrative support for recruiting multi-cultural students and athletes at WWU.

Prior to his term at Western Washington, Booker served on the coaching staffs at the University of Idaho, San Diego State University, Montana State University and Cal Polytechnic State University, handling the defensive line coaching duties at each of those stops. Booker was also an assistant coach at Santa Monica Catholic High School in California, where coordinated the defensive line and served as the team’s academic advisor.

In addition, Booker served for three seasons in the National Football League’s minority coaching fellowship, spending the 1998 and 1999 summers with the Minnesota Vikings and 2002 with the Dallas Cowboys.

Booker was an all-league performer as a defensive tackle and center at Santa Monica Catholic during his prep career and was an all-league defensive tackle at Western Washington in 1992, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in exercise science and recreation in 1993. He is the father of three children, Elijah, 13; Sydnee, 11; and Chloe, 9.