He graduated from Bishop Neumann High School and then attended Saint Joseph's University.
In his junior and senior years, Booth led his team in runs scored, stolen bases, and extra-base hits.
[2] After he graduated, Booth was hired as the varsity men's basketball coach at Bishop McDevitt High School in Wyncote, Pennsylvania, in July 1962.
In 1970, he was named the head coach of Saint Joseph's freshmen men's basketball team.
[11][12] Booth joined the Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team as a volunteer assistant coach in 1981.
The Harry Booth Award, given to a member of the baseball team for outstanding contributions, was inaugurated in 2010.