University of Wisconsin La Crosse Athletics

Brad Brooks starts his first season as an assistant swimming & diving coach at UW-La Crosse in 2026-27.

AT UW-LA CROSSE:
* Assistant coach in 2025-26.
* UWL swept the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) titles.
* Won seven individual and three relays on women’s side as well as six individual and two relay second-place finishes. 
* Won five individual and four relay titles on men’s side with five second-place individual finishes. 
 
SWIMMING CAREER:
* Four-time National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division All-America at McDaniel College (Md.).
* Two-year team captain.
* Won 10 Centennial Conference (CC) Swimming Individual titles.
* CC Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2015, 2016).
* Three-time College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-America Third Team (2014-16).
* Class Valedictorian.
* NCAA Elite 90 Award Winner.
* NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipient.
* Kappa Delta Pi Education Honor Society Vice President.
* Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Honor Society Member.
 
OTHER COLLEGE COACHING EXPERIENCE:
* Head swimming coach at Penn State Altoona from (2018-25).
* Named 2025 Men’s Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Coach of the Year.
* Program set 82 records and won 18 individual conference titles.
* Three AMCC Swimmers of the Year and two AMCC Rookies of the Year.
* Led men’s team to second-place and women’s program to third-place finish at 2025 AMCC Championships.
* Men’s and women’s programs finished third at 2022, 2023 and 2024 MACC Championships.
* Combined men’s and women’s dual record of 72-45.
* Assistant swimming coach at McDaniel College (Md.) (2016-17).
* Assistant coach and club consultant at Hellbender Aquatics in Ebensburg, Pa. (2021-25).
* Assistant coach/counselor for University of Virginia Swim Clubs (2022-24).
* Head age group coach at Cardinal and Gold Aquatics in Towson, Maryland (2017-18) .
* Head swimming coach for Westminster (Md.) Stingrays Swim Club (2017-18).
* Head age group coach at Green Terror Aquatic Club in Westminster, Md. (2014-17).
* Head swimming coach for Persimmon Creek Swim Club in Newark, Del. (2011-15).
* Assistant director of recreation and facilities at Penn State Altoona (2018-25).
* Special education health and physical education teacher at East Middle School in Westminster, Md. (2016-18).
 
EDUCATION/CAMPS/PERSONAL:
* Bachelor’s degree in exercise science and physical education from McDaniel (Md.) in 2016.
* Pursing master’s degree in Kinesiology from McDaniel (Md.).
* Completed two Ironman’s. Qualified for 2027 Ironman World Championships.
* Wife is an assistant professor of English at UWL.