Philip Lee BrooksBrooks profile: After serving tens of thousands of young men and women for nearly fifty years as a college and high school head football coach, athletic director, school principal, biology teacher, and college associate professor, the Michigan High Shool Football Coaches Hall of Fame, the Alma College Athletics Hall of Fame and the Greater Lansing Area Sports Hall of Fame honored Brooks with his induction following retirement from formal education in 2005. The State of Michigan's Ninety-Third Legislature also paid Brooks a Special Tribute for his life-long commitment and highly successful career while working with young people on and off the field. In 2016, he was selected as Corunna Public Schools distinguished alumnus (1955), and featured commencement speaker. Following his high school graduation in 1955, Brooks earned his BA degree from Albion College in biology, physical education, & speech and his permanent teacher certification in 1960. In 1965 Brooks received a four year National Science Foundation grant to attend Oklahoma State University and the University of Northern Iowa while studying cellular & molecular biology. In the summer of 1968 Brooks received his Masters Degree from Oklahoma State University and Inducted into Phi Kappa Phi, the highest Academic Graduate Honors Society, with a 4.0 GPA. In 1993, following his retirement from college football coaching for 21 years, Brooks founded Winning Inc. of America, a 501c3 non-profit, to provide literacy intervention and free summer sports camp opportunities for kids living in Southwestern Michigan. Under Brooks leadership, Winning Inc. has partnered with the Benton Harbor Boys and Girls Club since 2001, and serves over 500 members every summer while providing literacy comprehension called Project Learn. Phil and his wife, Rose, live on beautiful Lake Michigan, near Benton Harbor and St. Joseph, Michigan. Read More Read Less