Brooke Brittain is a combat veteran, coach, and campus athletic coordinator known for her ability to lead others through challenges with courage, grit, and heart. A retired sergeant first class in the US Army Military Police Corps, she served three overseas deployments to Iraq and throughout the CENTCOM theater, earning the Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal, and the Order of the Marechaussee (Silver) for a career forged in the extremes of war—where leadership meant courage, clarity, and care for those beside her.
In addition to two decades in uniform, Brooke brings her mission mindset to Texas high school athletics, where she has spent more than eighteen years building teams, mentoring coaches, and leading through both victory and heartbreak on and off the court. As a campus athletic coordinator at Mansfield High School, she has become known for cultivating cultures rooted in integrity, discipline, and human connection—principles she believes are as essential in locker rooms as they are in combat zones.
Her coaching and military experiences collide at the intersection of trauma, leadership, and purpose—a space she explores both in her writing and in her doctoral research at Creighton University. She is currently working on her dissertation, Between Grief and Grit: A Phenomenological Study of High School Coaches Leading Through Violent Loss, investigates how coaches carry others through tragedy while quietly managing their own.
As a respected coach in Texas high school athletics, Brooke was selected by the Texas High School Coaches Association (THSCA) to serve as a representative on the Basketball Advisory Committee. She is a frequent speaker for coaching clinics, leadership summits, and professional development events, sharing stories and tools for leaders who serve from the front lines of education, athletics, and crisis. She believes the best leadership doesn’t come from theory—it comes from people who’ve been in the trenches and come back to share what they learned on the other side of adversity.
She lives in Texas with her wife, Jessica, where she continues to coach, mentor coaches, write, and develop their leadership consulting firm, Code Three Leadership Partners.