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Josh Brooks
American college sports administrator
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.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Athletic director |
| Team | Georgia |
| Conference | SEC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | (1980-05-28) May 28, 1980 (age 43) Hammond, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Louisiana State University (BS) University of Georgia (MS) |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2004–2008 | Louisiana–Monroe (director of football operations) |
| 2008–2011 | Georgia (director of football operations) |
| 2012–2014 | Georgia (associate AD) |
| 2014–2015 | Millsaps |
| 2015–2016 | Louisiana–Monroe (deputy AD) |
| 2016–2017 | Georgia (executive EAD) |
| 2018 | Georgia (deputy AD) |
| 2019–2020 | Georgia (senior deputy AD) |
| 2021–present | Georgia |
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]
Millsaps College
After stints at Louisiana-Monroe and Georgia, Brooks became the athletic director at Millsaps College, a Division III school located in Jackson, Mississippi.[1]
University of Georgia
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]
- Odum | AP, Charles. "Brooks named Georgia's full-time replacement for AD McGarity" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
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