Conan Brooks named volleyball coach

Posted: August 10, 2011


Author: Zack Thompson

Conan Brooks has been named the head coach of the Berea College volleyball program.

Originally from south Florida, Brooks played volleyball for Olympic Heights High School (Boca Raton, FL) before graduating and pursuing undergraduate degrees in exercise science and Spanish from Florida Southern College.  Brooks coached the Sante Fe Catholic High School team (Lakeland, FL) from 2004-05 before taking a volunteer assistant position at Newberry College (NCAA Division II school in Newberry, SC) during the 2006 season.  Conan also played for the University of Kentucky Men’s Volleyball team from 2007-2010 while completing a Master’s degree in public administration.

Coach Brooks and his wife, Emily Brooks, reside in Lexington.

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Berea College, the first interracial and coeducational college in the South, focuses on learning, labor and service. The College only admits academically promising students with limited financial resources—primarily from Kentucky and Appalachia—but welcomes students from 41 states and 76 countries. Every Berea student receives a Tuition Promise Scholarship, which means no Berea student pays for tuition. Berea is one of nine federally recognized Work Colleges, so students work 10 hours or more weekly to earn money for books, housing and meals. The College’s motto, “God has made of one blood all peoples of the earth,” speaks to its inclusive Christian character.