Alvin Brooks

Alvin Brooks (born August 6, 1959)

Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Lamar Cardinals
Current conference: Southland Conference
Houston record: 54-84 (.391)
Lamar record: 30-63 (.323)
Overall record: 84-147 (.364)

Career Accomplishments:

• NCAA National Championships:  0
• NCAA Tournament Appearances:  0
• NIT Championships:  0
• NIT Appearances:  0
• Southland Regular Season Champion:  0
• Southland Tournament Champion:  0

Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):

2021-present	Lamar
2014-2021	Houston (asst)
2010-2014	Houston (assoc. HC)
2007-2009	Kentucky (DBO)
2004-2007	Texas A&M (asst)
2003-2004	UTEP (asst)
2001-2003	North Texas (asst)
1999-2001	Texas Tech (asst)
1993-1998	Houston
1986-1993	Houston (asst)
1981-1986	Lamar (asst)

Alvin Brooks Facts

• Alvin Joseph Brooks Jr.
• Born August 6, 1959
• Hometown: Houston, Texas
• Alma Mater: Lamar University (BS, 1982)
• Was all-city at Wheatley HS in Houston and then played for head coaches Billy Tubbs and Pat Foster at Lamar
  • Played for one year each at Sam Houston State (under Dennis Price) and Henderson County JC
  • Later inducted into the Lamar Athletics HOF (class of 1981)
• Began his coaching career in 1981 at Lamar, assisting Foster for five seasons
  • Followed Foster to Houston in 1986, working as an assistant there for seven seasons
  • In 12 seasons under Foster, Brooks was part of five NCAA Tournaments, seven NITs and four conference titles
• Elevated to head coach at Houston in 1993, leading the Cougars for five seasons
  • Was just 54-84 at the helm, finishing above .500 just once (1995-96)
• Since 1999, Brooks has worked as a Division I assistant across a number of different programs, mostly in Texas
  • Coached under James Dickey (Texas Tech), Johnny Jones (North Texas) and Billy Gillispie (UTEP, Texas A&M and UK) before returning to Houston in 2010
  • In six years with Gillispie, Brooks was part of four NCAA Tournaments, two NITs and a WAC title (in 2004)
• Spent four years as Dickey‘s associate head coach and then has stayed on as an assistant under Kelvin Sampson
  • In this second stint at Houston, the Cougars have twice won the AAC and been to the postseason five times
  • The 2020-21 squad became the first Cougars group to reach the NCAA Final Four since 1984
• In April 2021, Brooks was announced as the new head coach at his alma mater, Lamar

Alvin Brooks Coaching Tree

• Doug Davalos (Texas State, Sul Ross State)