Fletcher Brooks joined the Penn track and field program in the fall of 2021, taking the lead on all men's and women's throws.
Brooks has a long resume of accomplishments with over two decades of experience between Division I and III. Over his career, he has coached 106 All-Americans and 14 NCAA champions.
His most recent venture was an eight-year career at Iowa State University as the associate head coach for both the men's and women's indoor/outdoor track and field teams. Responsible for all jump, throws and combined events, Brooks coached athletes to 10 school records, 12 conference championships and 31 All-America honors, including the 2014 Indoor and Outdoor Women's NCAA shot put champion.
Prior to his time with the Cyclones, he spent one year with the University of Oklahoma in a similar role as the assistant coach, working primarily with jumps and combined events.
His coaching career started in Division III in 1998 at Williams College where he was the assistant for the track and field program before bumping up to the associate head coach title in 2001.
After the 2005 season, he was given his first opportunity to lead his own program. Staying in the same state, he shifted to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for three years as the head coach of the women's indoor/outdoor track and field program. In 2007, Brooks led the women's program to the its first-ever NEWMAC title while earning the honor of Coach of the Year.
In 2008, he returned to Williams as the head coach of both the men's and women's programs where he remained until 2012. Under his tutelage, he coached the programs to NESCAC conference championships from 2009-12, while the women placed fifth as a team at the NCAA championships in 2012. Through his time at Williams, he coached 77 All-Americans and 14 national champions, and was named NCAA, New England and NESCAC Coach of the Year.
Brooks graduated from Allegheny College in 1993 where he earned a bachelor's degree in English and minored in women's studies. He was also an All-American in the shot put and lettered on the football team, which won the Division III National Championship in 1990.
