George Brooks

Biography

George Brooks begins his 16th season as an assistant coach with the Mississippi State basketball program in 2025-26 after a successful 13-year stint at the junior college ranks where he guided his Meridian Community College program to numerous titles. Brooks, the SEC’s longest tenured assistant coach and the NCAA’s third-longest tenured major conference assistant coach, is in the midst of his second decade of loyal service to the Maroon and White under Chris Jans, Ben Howland, Rick Ray and Rick Stansbury. The 2025-26 season also will enable Brooks to match the longest tenured assistant coach in State history. Brooks has been impactful on the recruiting trail and served as the lead recruiter to 11 players, who have garnered a combined 19 All-SEC First-Team, All-SEC Second-Team, All-SEC Freshman Team and All-SEC Defensive Team accolades. The Bulldogs have had at least one player garner All-SEC First-Team or All-SEC Second-Team honors during nine consecutive seasons and in 10 of the last 11 since the 2014-15 season. All but one of State’s All-SEC First-Team or All-SEC Second-Team performers over the 11-year span were Brooks’ signees. Josh Hubbard captured All-SEC Second-Team accolades for the second straight season in 2024-25, while Cameron Matthews was one of five players on the 2023-24 and 2024-25 All-SEC Defensive Team. In 2021-22, State had four players on NBA rosters for the first time in program history. Brooks served as the lead recruiter for Reggie Perry, Craig Sword, Qu