Josh Brooks | |
Current Team: | Georgia |
Current Title: | Athletic director |
Current Conference: | SEC |
Birth Date: | 28 May 1980 |
Birth Place: | Hammond, Louisiana, U.S. |
Alma Mater: | Louisiana State University (BS) University of Georgia (MS) |
Admin Years1: | 2004–2008 |
Admin Team1: | Louisiana–Monroe (director of football operations) |
Admin Years2: | 2008–2011 |
Admin Team2: | Georgia (director of football operations) |
Admin Years3: | 2012–2014 |
Admin Team3: | Georgia (associate AD) |
Admin Years4: | 2014–2015 |
Admin Team4: | Millsaps |
Admin Years5: | 2015–2016 |
Admin Team5: | Louisiana–Monroe (deputy AD) |
Admin Years6: | 2016–2017 |
Admin Team6: | Georgia (executive EAD) |
Admin Years7: | 2018 |
Admin Team7: | Georgia (deputy AD) |
Admin Years8: | 2019–2020 |
Admin Team8: | Georgia (senior deputy AD) |
Admin Years9: | 2021–present |
Admin Team9: | Georgia |
Josh Brooks (born May 28, 1980) is an American university sports administrator who is athletic director at the University of Georgia, and previously Millsaps College.
Josh Brooks was born on May 28, 1980, in Hammond, Louisiana. He graduated from LSU with a degree in kinesiology and completed his master's degree in sports management at the University of Georgia.[1]
After stints at Louisiana-Monroe and Georgia, Brooks became the athletic director at Millsaps College, a Division III school located in Jackson, Mississippi.
In 2016, Brooks went to the University of Georgia to serve as executive associate director of athletics. Over the course of the next 5 years, Brooks was promoted three times. In 2018, Brooks became a deputy athletic director, and in 2019 became the senior deputy athletic director. In 2021, following the departure of Greg McGarity, Brooks became the athletic director for the University of Georgia.[2] In his first two years as athletic director, Georgia won back-to-back national championships in football in 2021 and 2022.[3]
Brooks is married to his wife, Lillie, and they have three sons together: James, Jackson, and Davis.[4]