Josh Brooks

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Josh Brooks (born May 28, 1980) is an American university sports administrator who is athletic director at the University of Georgia, and previously Millsaps College.

Josh Brooks

Brooks in 2025
Current position
Title	Athletic director
Team	Georgia
Conference	SEC
Biographical details
Born	(1980-05-28) May 28, 1980 (age 45) Hammond, Louisiana, U.S.
Alma mater	Louisiana State University (BS) University of Georgia (MS)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2004–2008	Louisiana–Monroe (director of football operations)
2008–2011	Georgia (director of football operations)
2012–2014	Georgia (associate AD)
2014–2015	Millsaps
2015–2016	Louisiana–Monroe (deputy AD)
2016–2017	Georgia (executive EAD)
2018	Georgia (deputy AD)
2019–2020	Georgia (senior deputy AD)
2021–present	Georgia

Early years and education

Josh Brooks was born on May 28, 1980, in Hammond, Louisiana. He graduated from LSU with a degree in kinesiology and completed his master's degree in sports management at the University of Georgia.^[1]

Athletic director

Millsaps College

After stints at Louisiana-Monroe and Georgia, Brooks became the athletic director at Millsaps College, a Division III school located in Jackson, Mississippi.^[1]

University of Georgia

In 2016, Brooks went to the University of Georgia to serve as executive associate director of athletics. Over the course of the next 5 years, Brooks was promoted three times. In 2018, Brooks became a deputy athletic director, and in 2019 became the senior deputy athletic director. In 2021, following the departure of Greg McGarity, Brooks became the athletic director for the University of Georgia.^[2] In his first two years as athletic director, Georgia won back-to-back national championships in football in 2021 and 2022.^[3]

Personal life

Brooks is married to his wife, Lillie, and they have three sons together: James, Jackson, and Davis.^[4]