Donald Brooks

Donald Brooks enters his third year at Williams. Brooks joined the Ephs staff in 2006 as the Williams College athletic department and coaching intern, assisting in athletic administration and football coaching through a program sponsored by the NCAA.

In the spring of 2008 Brooks was named the assistant athletic administrator, assistant coach of football and assistant coach of men's lacrosse at Williams.

As the assistant athletic administrator Brooks will assist with the day to day operation of the athletic department and the execution of the athletic director's strategic initiatives and coordinate student athlete programming including serving as the advisor of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee and assisting teams with community service opportunities. Brooks will also coordinate the “EphTeam” program, an orientation program for student athletes. In addition, Brooks will also assist in the facilitation of the many NCAA and NESCAC Championship events hosted by Williams.

Brooks is a 2002 graduate of Springfield College where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration and he received his Master's degree in sports management from Springfield in 2008.

Brooks played on the offensive line and in 2000 as Springfield led the nation in rushing, averaging a Division III record 427.5 yards per game.

Brooks played lacrosse at Bellaire High School in Houston, Texas. He also played on the club lacrosse team as a freshman at the University of Alabama. From 1999-2006 Brooks served as a lacrosse instructor at Camp Atwater in North Brookfield, Massachusetts.

Upon graduating from Springfield, Brooks returned to his hometown of Houston, Texas, where he interned with the NFL’s Houston Texans in the Personnel and Operations departments and coached offensive and defensive line at Scarborough High School. After a season of coaching Texas high school football, Brooks returned to his alma mater for three seasons to coach the defensive line.

While at Springfield, Brooks was also the athletic director of the New Leadership Charter School in Springfield, Massachusetts, where his programs experienced tremendous success.

Brooks and his wife Shevie reside in Williamstown with their daughter Alana who was born in November of 2006.