Kenny Brooks Biography

Kenny Brooks

Position:	Head Coach
Hometown:	Waynesboro, Va.
Alma Mater:	James Madison
Graduating Year:	1992
Phone:	540-568-6513
Email:	brookskr@jmu.edu

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(208389458)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(208350741)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(208350744)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(208350759)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(208323324)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(208323326)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(208323328)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(208215644)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(208215643)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(208057531)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(208057526)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(208057520)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(208002721)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(208002318)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(207999870)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(208002745)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(207986344)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(207986341)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(207986342)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(207986343)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(207608523)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(207534233)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(207534232)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(207534231)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(207534229)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(207534228)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(207534227)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(207534226)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(207534225)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(207534222)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(207534221)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(207534230)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(207475962)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(207475974)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(207388646)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(207388645)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(207073381)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(207073378)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(207073376)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(206450754)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(206368695)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(206367638)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(206357686)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(206357680)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(206355811)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(206348596)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(206344938)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(206311627)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(206178477)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(206149964)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(206149963)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(206149962)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(205581500)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(205569810)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(205569813)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(205569808)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(205568994)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(205568977)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(205568562)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(205568995)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(205567877)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(205566291)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(205566395)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(205566406)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(205515471)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(205512824)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(205494116)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(205487303)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(205487295)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(205473490)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(205473452)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(205466345)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(205432737)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(205432738)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(205400585)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(205367938)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(205367934)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(205367933)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(205367932)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(205367931)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(205367930)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(205367929)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(205367928)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(205367927)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(205367926)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(205367924)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(205367922)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(205367920)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(205367919)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(205367918)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(205367917)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(205367916)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(205367915)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(205367914)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(205367913)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(205367941)

CoachBio.Sell.Url=javascript: goToReplayPhotos(205367940)

Brooks Photos

Buy Photo

View Gallery

1775478

1984207

1523116

1665122

1470978

1606005

1452378

1582905

1113994

1157974

1093586

1143018

1087190

1134512

1010583

1086318

1004452

1070693

837198

857339

834227

853341

827814

846021

827713

845819

825256

842820

809724

825003

808370

824384

803156

818247

800624

815613

798903

813353

793585

807054

749664

761184

749616

761142

748480

759788

734583

745410

733598

744285

733197

743873

732138

742842

729870

740552

728043

738471

727180

737470

727179

737469

725448

735488

725227

735539

721566

731634

Brooks Videos

Play Video
More Videos

	Follow Coach Kenny Brooks on Twitter
	Follow Coach Kenny Brooks on Facebook

Updated July 10, 2012

Kenny Brooks has only been the Dukes' coach since 2002. Look what's happened in just 10 years:

* Postseason appearances the last seven seasons (2006-12)
* His teams have averaged nearly 26 wins a season over the past seven years
* Three NCAA Tournament appearances (2007, 2010, 2011)
* WNIT Finalist in 2012, with wins over Virginia, Wake Forest, Syracuse, South Florida, Davidson to advance to the championship game vs. Oklahoma State
* Two Colonial Athletic Association championships (2010, 2011)
* Top 25 national ranking (2007, 2009, 2010) or vote-getter (2008, 2011, 2012)
* Seven straight 20-win seasons (2006-12), a school record
* CAA Coach of the Year (2007)
* Virginia Coach of the Year three times (2007, 2010, 2012)
* Five CAA championship game appearances (2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011)
* Three CAA Players of the Year (Meredith Alexis 2007, Tamera Young 2008, Dawn Evans 2011)
* First CAA Defensive Player of the Year in school history (Nikki Newman 2012)
* Four Associated Press All-America Honorable Mentions (Alexis, Young, Evans twice)
* 18 all-conference selections
* 227 career wins
* A first-round WNBA draft pick (Young)
* All-time leading scorer in JMU and CAA history (Young first, then Evans)
* Career rebounding leader in JMU and CAA history (Alexis)
* Nation-leading 30-game home winning streak, second-longest in school history (2005-07)
* Wins over two Top 25 teams in one season, a first for the JMU program (2007-08)
* Two 2007-08 victories over 2008 NCAA Sweet 16 teams
* More than 100 school records broken
* His players rank 1-2-3-4 on JMU's career scoring list (Evans, Young, Alexis, Lesley Dickinson), 1-2 on the career rebounding list (Alexis, Young) and 1-2-3 on the career assist list (Jess Cichowicz, Andrea Benvenuto, Evans)
* Nearly 75 percent (34 of 46) of the 30-point games in school history are by his players
* First two players in JMU history to earn first-team all-conference honors three times (Young, Evans)
* Second player in CAA history and first JMU player to earn all-conference honors four times (Alexis)
* First women's basketball player to win JMU's Athlete of the Year award since 1991 (Alexis, 2007)
* Three of the last six of JMU's Athlete of the Year award-winners (Alexis 2007, Young 2008, Evans 2011)
* Three All-CAA selections in 2006 and 2007, the first time since 1996 that three Dukes were named all-conference
* JMU season attendance records set four times in last six years

Year by Year at JMU
Season, Record, CAA Tournament, Postseason
2002-03, 16-10, CAA Semifinalist
2003-04, 13-18, CAA Quarterfinalist
2004-05, 18-11, CAA Semifinalist
2005-06, 24-7, CAA Runner-up, WNIT First Round
2006-07, 27-6, CAA Runner-up, NCAA First Round
2007-08, 24-10, CAA Semifinalist, WNIT Third Round
2008-09, 24-10, CAA Runner-up, WNIT Second Round
2009-10, 26-7, CAA Champion, NCAA First Round
2010-11, 26-8, CAA Champion, NCAA First Round
2011-12, 29-8, CAA Semifinalist, WNIT Runner-up
Total, 227-95, .705

Kenny Brooks' Journey
* Grew up in nearby Waynesboro, Va.
* Honorable mention all-state basketball player at Waynesboro High School
* Graduated from Waynesboro High School in 1987
* Recruited by John Thurston to play at JMU
* Played three seasons (1988-91) at JMU under the legendary "Lefty" Driesell
* Member of two Dukes' teams that finished first in CAA regular-season play (1990, 1991)
* Played in two National Invitation Tournaments (1990, 1991)
* Graduated in 1992 with a degree in business management
* Part-time assistant coach for JMU's 1993-94 men's team that won the CAA Tournament and advanced to NCAA play
* Assistant coach at Virginia Military for four seasons (1994-98)
* Married the former Chrissy Stewart in 1998
* Assistant coach in JMU men's program for four seasons (1998-2002)
* Switched to the JMU women's program as an assistant coach in 2002
* Named interim head coach on Dec. 6, 2002, when head coach Bud Childers was granted a leave of absence for medical reasons
* Named head coach on March 21, 2003
* The latest addition to the family, Gabrielle, was born in 2005. Now seven years old, Gabby has a brother Nicholas (now 22), and sisters Kendyl (14) and Chloe (12).
* Celebrates his 44th birthday in December 2012

JMU Marketplace