Brendan Brooks enters his first season as director of player development to the CSUN Baseball team in 2024-25.
Brooks joins CSUN after serving as an assistant coach at Riverside City College from 2023-24. He helped the Tigers post a 27-17 record this past season, advancing to the SoCal Super Regional round.
Brooks began his collegiate career at UC Irvine playing for head coach Mike Gillespie where he spent two seasons from 2018-19. He led UCI in batting as a freshman, earning All-Big West Honorable Mention accolades while he helped the Anteaters to consecutive 30-win seasons.
Brooks would finish his collegiate career at UNLV, playing his last two seasons with the Rebels. As a senior, he was awarded All-Mountain West First Team honors as a shortstop after batting .407 with five homers and 22 RBI. Brooks also led the Rebels in on-base percentage (.538) and walks in his final season.
