Alvin Brooks III
| ALVIN BROOKS III | |
|---|---|
| Sport(s) | Basketball |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
September 11, 1979 Houston, Texas |
| Playing career | |
| 1998–2000 2000–2002 |
Midland College Idaho State |
| Position(s) | Point guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2004-2006 2006-2007 2007-2010 2010-2011 2012-Present |
Arkansas–Fort Smith (asst.) Midland College JC (asst.) Bradley (asst.) Sam Houston State (asst.) Kansas State (asst.) |
ALVIN BROOKS III (born September 11, 1979, in Houston, Texas) is an American college basketball coach currently serving as an assistant coach at Kansas State University under head coach Bruce Weber.
Playing and coaching
Brooks played two seasons at Midland College (1998-2000), where he helped the Chapparals to a sixth-place finish in the 2000 NJCAA national tournament before transferring to Idaho State. He played two years for the Bengals (2000–02) under head coach Doug Oliver, earning Academic All-Big Sky honors as a senior in 2002. He earned his bachelor's degree in finance in 2002 and his master's degree in athletics administration in 2003 from the school.
Brooks broke into the coaching ranks at the junior college level, spending two years as an assistant coach at Arkansas–Fort Smith and one year as an assistant coach at Midland College. Following that he spent three years as an assistant couch at Bradley, where he help the Bradley to two 20+ winning game seasons. In 2010 Brooks left Bradley to be an assistant at Sam Houston State for head coach Jason Hooten