Todd Brooks became Berry College’s Director of Athletics in July, 1998. He was Berry's head basketball coach from 1997-2002, putting together an 81-80 overall record during that time, and also served as the school’s volleyball coach in 2003 and interim women’s basketball coach at the end of the 2004-05 season.
Brooks was previously the athletic director and men's basketball coach at Piedmont College in Demorest, Ga., from 1993 to 1997. Before working at Piedmont, Brooks was an assistant men's basketball coach and later dean of students at Tusculum College in Greeneville, Tenn. Brooks began his collegiate basketball coaching career as an assistant varsity and head junior varsity coach at Milligan (Tenn.) College. Brooks played varsity basketball at Milligan during his time as an undergraduate. He earned his bachelor of arts degree from Milligan, with a major in biology and a minor in health. Brooks later gained a master of arts degree in education at Tusculum.