Jordan Brooks was announced as assistant coach on July 2, 2025, by UTSA second-year head coach Austin Claunch. Brooks came to UTSA following a single season as an assistant coach at Morehead State in Kentucky, where he focused heavily on recruiting and community engagement, while being deeply involved in player development. Brooks arrived in San Antonio directly from attending the invitation-only 2025 Jay Bilas Coaches Leadership Program.
“I’m incredibly grateful and excited for the opportunity to join the UTSA men’s basketball program,” Brooks said at the time of his hiring. “I have tremendous respect for Coach Claunch and his vision for building something special here. San Antonio is a city full of pride and energy, and I’m looking forward to bringing that same passion to our team every day. I’m committed to helping our student-athletes grow both on and off the court. I can’t wait to get to work.”
His work with the Eagles followed two seasons in Norfolk, Virginia at Old Dominion in the same role – earning the No. 5 spot on 247Sports’ 2024 National Recruiter of the Year rankings, helping ODU achieve its best record in four seasons and working closely with all-Sun Belt performer Chaunce Jenkins. ODU’s 2024 recruiting class ranked No. 24 nationally with the two highest-ranked players in the program’s history.
Brooks was also the director of recruiting at Xavier (2021-22), helping the Musketeers to a 23-13 record and the 2022 National Invitation Tournament (NIT) Championship after reeling in the 15th-ranked national recruiting class and notching the program’s second-highest Big East ranking. While serving in Cincinnati, Brooks helped develop Colby Jones, who was drafted by the Sacramento Kings and is now with the Washington Wizards. He also previously served as recruiting coordinator at Southeastern Louisiana (2019-21), where he coached All-Southland Conference performers Gus Okafor and Keon Clergeot.
While serving as recruiting coordinator/assistant coach at Howard (2017-19), Brooks recruited MEAC Rookie of the Year and later MEAC Player of the Year RJ Cole, who also went on to earn First Team All-Big East honors at UConn. His efforts with the Bison propelled him to a spot on the 2019 Under Armour NABC 30-Under-30 Coaches Team, helping guide Howard to a massive turnaround and the program’s first winning season in four years. He also helped the program receive its first postseason bid in more than 20 years, making the College Basketball Invitational (CBI).
Before Howard, Brooks coached and recruited at the 14U, 15U and 16U levels (2012-17), helping to develop several NCAA Division I student-athletes from top programs around Washington, D.C., including DC Assault, Team Takeover, Team Durant, and Team St8ment. In that five-year stretch, Brooks had the opportunity to work with several players who went on to excel at the highest levels of college basketball, including standouts such as Hunter Dickinson (Kansas), Armando Bacot (North Carolina), Casey Morsell (NC State), Jamir Young (Maryland), Jay Heath (Georgetown), Justin Moore (Villanova) and Mekhi Long (Old Dominion). Brooks played college basketball at Hampton (2007-11).