Brooks enters his second season coaching the Crimson throwers for the 2024-25 season. He comes to the Harvard after spending the past two years at Penn, where he served as an assistant coach of men's and women's indoor and outdoor track and field, responsible for recruiting and training the throwing squad. He coached two university and Ivy League record holders and produced the 2022 NCAA Champion in the men's outdoor javelin. In his career, Brooks has mentored 19 national champions and over 100 All-Americans.
In his first season in Cambridge, Brooks made an immediate impact, mentoring Kenneth Ikeji to a national title in the men's weight throw at the 2024 NCAA Indoor Championships, as Ikeji also earned All-America First Team status with a second place finish in the men's hammer throw at the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Championships. Brooks also guided a pair of first-year throwers to incredible heights. Under Brooks' leadership, Milina Wepiwé finished in seventh place in the women's discus throw at the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Championships, earning All-America First Team status in the process. Wepiwé also won the Ivy League title in the women's discus. Emilia Kolokotroni excelled at the Ivy League Championships, winning the conference championships in the women's hammer and weight throws. The USTFCCCA named Brooks the Northeast Region Men's Assistant Coach of the Year for the indoor campaign.
Prior to his time in the Ivy League, he served as an Associate Head Coach of men's and women's indoor and outdoor track and field at Iowa State University from 2013-2021. During his time in the Midwest, he trained jumpers, throwers and combined event athletes and personally coached 10 school record holders, 12 conference champions, 31 All-Americans and the 2014 indoor and outdoor NCAA women's shot put champion.
He also held positions as an Assistant Coach of men's and women's indoor and outdoor track and field at the University of Oklahoma (2012-2013), the Head Coach of women's indoor and outdoor track and field at Williams College (2008-2012) and the Head Coach of women's indoor and outdoor track and field at MIT (2005-2008). He was a three-time NCAA, New England and NESCAC coach of the year during his time at Williams College and the 2007 NEWMAC Coach of the Year during his time at MIT.
