DOVER, Del. -- Delaware State University Director of Athletics Alecia Shields-Gadson has announced the hiring of David Brooks as the new head coach of the defending Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) champion Delaware State women's volleyball team.
A two-time Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Coach of the Year, Brooks joins the Hornets after a highly successful two-year stint as head volleyball coach at Elizabeth City (N.C.) State University, where he led the Vikings to their first CIAA championship and NCAA Tournament appearance since 2008 this past season. ECSU was 26-9 overall and posted a 16-1 regular season record in route to the championship run.
The Vikings suffered a competitive loss to No. 1 seed Gannon University in the 2022 NCAA Division II Atlantic Region Tournament.
The 2022 Vikings also posted a school-record-tying 12-match win streak, along with featuring the CIAA Defensive Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year, four All-CIAA First Team honorees, two Second Team selections, two All-Rookie players and three members of the CIAA All-Tournament Team.
In his first season as head coach at Elizabeth City State, Brooks led the Vikings to a 27-6 overall mark and a school-record .818 winning percentage during the 2021 campaign, giving him a two-year record of 53-15 (.779) at the school. The team was 9-17 prior to his first season and 25-119 in the six years before his arrival.
In addition to the conference championship and Coach of the Year awards in 2021 and '22, Brooks' tenure at Elizabeth City State included six All-CIAA First Team members, four Second Team honorees, four All-Rookie team and four All-Tournament selections. A total of 29 Elizabeth City players garnered CIAA weekly awards and the Vikings earned American Volleyball Coaches Association Team Academic honors for the first time in team history in his two seasons at the school.
"I want to thank Delaware State Director of Athletics Shields-Gadson and the entire search committee for their belief in me to lead the Hornets' volleyball program," Brook said. "From the moment I stepped on campus it felt at home, and I am excited to get to work with such a talented group of student-athletes to build champion volleyball players, champion scholars, and champion citizens."
Prior to his tenure at Elizabeth City State, Brooks served two seasons as an assistant volleyball coach at Catawba College in North Carolina. During his tenure at Catawba, he was appointed as interim volleyball head coach from January to March 2019.
Brooks also has six years of coaching experience at the club level as the head coach of the Carolina Juniors Elite team for the past five years. In 2018 he took the Carolina Junior Elite team to the USA Volleyball Nationals finishing 21st in the nation. He was also a national coach with the Lake Norman Volleyball Club from 2014-15.
Brooks spent a decade coaching high school volleyball from 2008-18; highlighted by four seasons as head varsity volleyball coach at Mallard Creek High School. In 2015, he was named MECKA 4A Conference Coach of the Year.
Brooks holds the title as the winningest coach in Mallard Creek High School history for both his All-Time and Single-Season records.
Prior to Mallard, Brooks coached at the Phillip O Berry Academy of Technology and Scotland High School.
He received USA Volleyball Coaching Accreditation Program certifications in 2016 and 2017.
Brooks graduated with a bachelor's degree in accounting from Ramapo College of New Jersey in 2006. He is currently furthering his education at East Carolina University to pursue his master's degree in business administration.