Bart Brooks begins his seventh season with the Blue Demons in 2012-12. Brooks originally joined the DePaul staff as Director of Basketball Operations prior to the 2006-07 season and was promoted to his current role as an assistant coach in May of 2007.
Brooks is involved in all aspects of the Blue Demon basketball program while he specifically aids in the development of DePaul's post players.
In his first year on the Blue Demon bench, Brooks began to mentor then-junior transfer forward Natasha Williams. Williams (2007-09) finished her senior season as a second-team All-BIG EAST performer and she recorded a league-best and DePaul single-season record .620 field goal percentage. With 88 blocks in two seasons, Williams ranks seventh all-time in DePaul's annuals.
Brooks also worked with Felicia Chester, who was the No. 14 overall pick in the WNBA Draft in 2011. Chester, an honorable mention All-BIG EAST selection as a senior, finished her career with 1,129 points and 751 rebounds. The 6-3 forward appeared in a school-record 135 games, while she tallied 129 blocks and 181 steals while wearing the Blue Demon uniform.
Currently tutoring, Katherine Harry and Jasmine Penny the duo has become a force under the basket. Heading into the 2012-13 season, Harry is the league's top returning rebounder with 9.5 boards during her junior season while Penny ranked second with her .560 field goal percentage.
During his six seasons as an assistant coach, Brooks helped the Blue Demons to six NCAA Tournaments, including the Sweet 16 in 2010-11. Also during Brooks tenure DePaul has combined for an 135-65 (.675) record. Brooks has tutored 14 all-BIG EAST performers as an assistant coach and 16 have earned the recognition since he joined program's staff. In five of his six seasons as an assistant the Blue Demons have eclipsed the 20 win mark, while the 2007-08 team registered 19 wins.
Prior to his move to Chicago, Brooks was an assistant coach at Barry University for two seasons under former DePaul associate head coach Nicci Hays-Fort. During his tenure at Barry, Brooks worked with 2005 Sunshine State Conference all-conference players, Princess Bailey and Karla Mast. While coaching at Barry, Brooks earned his M.S. in sport management and taught two semesters of basketball for the College of Human Performance and Leisure Sciences.
Brooks graduated from the University of Wyoming in 2004 with a B.S. in kinesiology and health. As an undergraduate student, he served as a student intern with the women's basketball program assisting with practice, films and scouting.
He started his collegiate career at Dickinson State University in North Dakota. Brooks played two seasons for the Blue Hawks and helped his squad capture a pair of Dakota Athletic Conference titles and NAIA Sweet Sixteen appearances in 1999. His 2000 team advanced one step further with an Elite Eight showing.
Brooks also served as an assistant camp director for the North Dakota State men's basketball team in the summer of 2004 and coached local youth teams in the Buffalo, Wyo., area from 2001-03.
