Jeff Brookshire joined the Cornell staff in May 2001 and will continue coaching the Big Red's wide receivers and kickers.
Brookshire coached Cornell's all-time leading receiver Keith Ferguson '03 for two seasons and watched as the standout set Big Red records for career receptions (202) and career yards receiving (2,569). In 2002, Ferguson also had 852 receiving yards, which is fourth all-time on the single-season charts.
Place-kicker Trevor MacMeekin '05 also benefited from Brookshire's guidance, as he earned second-team All-Ivy honors in 2002.
Brookshire came to Ithaca after serving as the director of football operations at the University of Wyoming. At Wyoming, Brookshire coordinated video operations, recruiting weekends and administrative details. He served as the liaison between the football program and all other athletic and campus offices and was also the coordinator of the Cowboys' summer camp.
Brookshire went to Wyoming from the University of Tennessee at Martin, where he coached the offensive line and tight ends from 1997-99. Before his time at Tennessee-Martin, Brookshire served as a graduate assistant at the University of Memphis from 1995-96. He was also on the football staff at James Madison University from 1993-94.
Brookshire was a three-year letterman in football at Lenoir-Rhyne College in Hickory, N.C. He received his bachelor's degree in history from Lenoir-Rhyne in 1993.
