Kenny Brooks

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Kenneth R. Brooks Jr. (born December 20, 1968) is an American college basketball coach who has been the head coach of the University of Kentucky women’s basketball team since 2024. Previously, he was head coach at James Madison from 2003 to 2016 and Virginia Tech from 2016 to 2024.

Brooks played collegiate basketball at James Madison under coach Lefty Driesell.
After serving as the interim head coach for the 2002–03 season, Brooks was introduced as the James Madison University women’s basketball head coach on March 21, 2003.
During the 2013–14 season, the James Madison University women’s basketball team upset the 6-seed Gonzaga in the NCAA tournament. It was JMU’s first NCAA tournament victory since 1991.
Brooks has the most regular season game victories in James Madison’s women’s basketball program history (337), having surpassed Shelia Moorman (302) in 2015. Brooks was the head coach when the James Madison University women’s basketball team became the third school in NCAA women’s basketball history to win 1,000 program games. He twice tied the school record for most wins in a single season with 29 (2011–12 and 2013–14).
On February 6, 2015, James Madison beat Hofstra…