Brooks Donald-Williams

Brooks Donald-Williams (born January 16, 1978)[1] is an American basketball coach who is most recently was the head coach of the Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks women's basketball team.

Brooks Williams
Biographical details
Born (1978-01-16) January 16, 1978 (age 46)
Jennings, Louisiana
Alma materMississippi State University
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2000–2003Arkansas–Little Rock (Asst.)
2003–2004Memphis (Asst.)
2004–2007Southern Miss (Asst.)
2007–2016McNeese State
2016–2019Alabama (Asst.)
2019–2023Louisiana–Monroe
Head coaching record
Overall171–201(.460)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
  • 2010–11 Southland Conference Regular Season Champion
  • 2011 Southland Conference Tournament Champion
  • 2012 Southland Conference Tournament Champion
Awards
  • 2010 Toys for Tots of Southwest Louisiana Influential Person of the Year
  • 2011 Southland Conference Coach of the Year
  • 2013 McNeese State President's Award

Career

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She was previously the head coach of the McNeese State Cowgirls basketball team,[2] and an assistant women's basketball coach for Alabama.[3] On April 11, 2019, Donald-Williams was named the head women's basketball coach at the University of Louisiana at Monroe.[4][5] On March 7, 2023 she stepped down.[6]

Head coaching record

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Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
McNeese State Cowgirls (Southland Conference) (2007–2016)
2007–08 McNeese State 10–21 8–8 T–2nd
2008–09 McNeese State 14–16 6–10 7th
2009–10 McNeese State 7–22 3–13 T–10th
2010–11 McNeese State 26–7 15–1 1st NCAA First Round
2011–12 McNeese State 26–8 13–3 2nd NCAA First Round
2012–13 McNeese State 21–15 11–7 T–4th WBI Runner Up
2013–14 McNeese State 19–14 10–8 7th WBI First Round
2014–15 McNeese State 18–14 11–7 5th WBI Second Round
2015–16 McNeese State 20–13 11–7 5th WBI Second Round
McNeese State: 161–130 (.553) 88–64 (.579)
Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks (Sun Belt Conference) (2019–2023)
2019–20 Louisiana–Monroe 3–26 1–17
2020–21 Louisiana–Monroe 3–20 1–15
2021–22 Louisiana–Monroe 4–25 0–14 12th
Louisiana–Monroe: 10–71 (.123) 2–46 (.042)
Total: 171–201 (.460)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

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  1. ^ "Women's Basketball Coaches Career". NCAA. Retrieved September 30, 2015.
  2. ^ "Brooks Donald-Williams - Head Coach - Women's Basketball Coaches". McNeese State University Athletics. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
  3. ^ "Brooks Donald Williams". rolltide.com. University of Alabama. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
  4. ^ Hunsucker, Adam (April 11, 2019). "Donald-Williams begins tall task of rebuilding Warhawks". The News-Star. Monroe, LA. Archived from the original on April 12, 2019. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  5. ^ Hunsucker, Adam (April 10, 2019). "ULM to introduce new women's basketball coach on Thursday". The News-Star. Monroe. Archived from the original on April 12, 2019. Retrieved April 11, 2019.
  6. ^ Fairbairn, Brendon (March 8, 2023). "Brooks Donald Williams steps down as ULM's head women's basketball coach". KNOE-TV. Retrieved August 19, 2024.