Burnet boys soccer Boorman resigns
CAPTION: Benjamin Boorman (standing) took over a Burnet program that was on the verge of making history. The Bulldogs did in his second year at the helm. Photo by Martelle Luedecke/Luedecke Photography
Burnet High School boys soccer head coach Benjamin Boorman has resigned his position at Burnet Consolidated Independent School District.
Boorman has stepped away to spend more time with his family. As he reflected back on his time at Burnet, the educator talked about what he’ll remember, both while wearing Kelly green and being a soccer enthusiast.
“It may not be the spotlight, but soccer generally isn’t in the state of Texas, which is fine,” he said. “It was the same when I was in high school. It was the same when I got to college, and I love it. These kids love it, and they gave me their full effort at all times and we were able to win something for the first time in school history. I’m so proud of that.”
Boorman, who is the program’s fourth head coach, accepted the job at Burnet in June 2022 and guided the 2023 Bulldogs to the playoffs for the first time in their history and their first bi-district title in 2024.
“That was the first trophy of any kind that Burnet had ever won for boys soccer,” he said. “I played soccer my whole life. It’s been my passion. I’ve always been a little of a round peg in a square hole as far as that’s concerned. I was happy to do it and start new traditions and put some emphasis on the sport that I love. And what I found is that there is a great deal of passion for the sport here. “
He spent 10 years as a counselor and principal and 11 years as teacher and coach.
He has been involved in soccer for four decades. He played for Southwestern University and spent time in the Olympic Developmental Program in south Texas while playing for the Klein Texans in the Houston area.
He was the head coach at Pflugerville High School and at Georgetown Gateway College Prep before coming to Burnet.
His wife is a fourth generation Georgetown native. After they married, they moved from an apartment in Austin to a house in Georgetown.
“I thought I’d be there forever,” he said of the Pflugerville job. “My wife wanted me to be close to home, so I took a job at Gateway College Prep because it was in Georgetown. That’s where we sent our kids because we wanted it small. In Georgetown, the high schools were getting pretty large, and we wanted to send our kids to a smaller school.”
The COVID-19 pandemic changed many things, including sizes of campuses. So on a trip to Junction, as the family drove through Burnet, Boorman recalled the conversations he had with several Burnet CISD officials as Gateway and the Bulldogs were about to play.
“I enjoyed their coaches when they’d come visit,” he said. “I thought they supported their kids very well. We always enjoyed going out to the lakes and I loved playing Delaware Springs (Municipal Golf Course), so we moved out to the Delaware Springs neighborhood and sent our kids to Burnet. I was never looking for the best program. For me, it’s about supporting my local community, supporting the place my kids went, and I was going to make the best of the program for whatever it was.”
