Brooke Astor

Biography

Brooke Astor ’14 enters her 10th season on the Lehigh track and field coaching staff, having been promoted to the positions of Associate Head Coach and Director of Operations. She moved into a new role as the Director of Recruiting and Student-Athlete Development for the 2022-23 academic year. Astor coaches the multi-events, hurdles and jumps and will now have oversight of student-athlete recruitment, working collaboratively with each head coach and the Associate Athletic Director for Recruitment. Astor will oversee and coordinated student-athlete development initiatives, with an emphasis on Individual Development Plans; and will collaborate with the head coaches on program principles, values, objectives and priority planning. She will oversee the scheduling of all organized team activities and serve as the staff liaison to other support areas within the athletics department. Astor has worked with 23 Patriot League champions covering the multis and jumps. Trevor Knowles won seven Patriot League titles in the heptathlon/decathlon, while on the women's side Courtney Avery won seven Patriot League titles in the high jump and was a two-time All-American. The winner of Lehigh's Graduating Female Athlete Award in 2014, Astor was also a seven-time Patriot League champion and was twice named Patriot League Indoor Field Athlete of the Meet at the league championships. In the 2021-22 season, Astor worked with multi-athletes who scored points at the Patriot League outdoor championships.