Brooks Donald-Williams (born January 16, 1978)[1] is an American basketball coach who was the associate head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide women's basketball team. She was previously the head coach of the Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks women's basketball team from 2019 to 2023.
| Biographical details | |
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| Born | January 16, 1978 Jennings, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Mississippi State University |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2000–2003 | Arkansas–Little Rock (Asst.) |
| 2003–2004 | Memphis (Asst.) |
| 2004–2007 | Southern Miss (Asst.) |
| 2007–2016 | McNeese State |
| 2016–2019 | Alabama (Asst.) |
| 2019–2023 | Louisiana–Monroe |
| 2024–2025 | Southern Miss (Asst.) |
| 2025–2026 | Alabama (AHC/RC.) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 178–224 (.443) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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Career
editShe 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]
Donald-Williams was hired as the associate head coach for the Southern Miss Lady Eagles basketball team on May 14, 2024.[7]
Head coaching record
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| 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 | |||||
| 2022–23 | Louisiana–Monroe | 7–23 | 3–15 | T–13th | |||||
| Louisiana–Monroe: | 17–94 (.153) | 5–61 (.076) | |||||||
| Total: | 178–224 (.443) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
edit- ↑ "Women's Basketball Coaches Career". NCAA. Retrieved September 30, 2015.
- ↑ "Brooks Donald-Williams - Head Coach - Women's Basketball Coaches". McNeese State University Athletics. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
- ↑ "Brooks Donald Williams". rolltide.com. University of Alabama. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Fairbairn, Brendon (March 8, 2023). "Brooks Donald Williams steps down as ULM's head women's basketball coach". KNOE-TV. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
- ↑ Sklar, Sam (May 14, 2024). "Southern Miss women's basketball hires Brooks Donald Williams as associate head coach". Hattiesburg American. Retrieved March 15, 2025.