Bill Booker brings 26 years of coaching experience to the Joliet Slammers. He has served 20 years as a high school head baseball coach and 6 years as an assistant. He is currently an assistant at Putnam County High School. During Bill’s 20 years as a head coach at LaSalle Peru High School his teams won 375 games, 5 conference, 4 regional, 4 sectional, and 2 super sectional championships. In 2009, his Cavalier squad finished 4th in the IHSA Class 3A State tourney, while in 2012 his team finished runner up right here at Silver Cross Field. Under Bill’s direction, LaSalle Peru baseball proudly produced 2 MLB drafted players and sent nearly 80 student/athletes to play at the collegiate level. Throughout his tenure Bill has been an active member in numerous coaching associations, coached the 2010 ICA State All Star game, served as the state’s East Region coach for the Illinois Crossroads Series Showcase, and has spoken at numerous coaching clinics, luncheons, and youth camps. He is a Mendota High school graduate, attended Illinois Valley Community College, received his bachelor’s degree from Western Illinois University, and his Master’s Degree from Illinois State University. Bill resides in LaSalle Illinois with his family, wife of 23 years Manuela, Cody (19) an Upper Iowa University freshman catcher, Haley (18) an incoming freshman cheerleader at Lindenwood University, Kiley (16), and Brady (14)
