Brooke LeMar - Women's Basketball Coach

Brooke LeMar

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
blemar@uab.edu
Phone:
934-2048

Brooke LeMar was named an Assistant Coach for the 2025-26 season.

LeMar helped guide Cali Smallwood to American Player of the Week and Honorable Mention while also helping Sofia Munoz to an American Freshman of the Week honor. The Blazers finished 26^th nationally in three-point percentage and 40^th nationally in three-pointers per game. UAB led the American in 3-point percentage (35.2) and 3-point field goals made (8.0). UAB was second in the American for field goal percentage (43.4%) and free throw percentage (73.6%).

She helped Smallwood to ranking fourth nationally in three-pointers per game (3.1), tied for 17^th in three pointers (93) and 20^th in three-point percentage (41.9%). Smallwood also ranked first in the American in 3-point percentage, first in 3-pointers per game and seventh in scoring (14.1).

LeMar came to Birmingham after spending the 2024-25 season at South Alabama as an assistant coach. Before coaching with the Jaguars, she coached one season at Saint Francis, also as the assistant coach.

Before LeMar arrived at Saint Francis, she was the assistant coach at the University of Mary, a Division ll school in Bismark, North Dakota. While with the Marauders, she coached two First Team All-League players and assisted with scoring reports, organized and conducted summer camps and assisted with player development.

Prior to LeMar’s time in North Dakota she spent a season at California Baptist as a player development coach. As the developmental coach she monitored academic success, managed team film, attended practices, games and meetings, organized community service projects and managed admirative needs.

Before beginning her coaching career, LeMar played professional basketball oversees for four seasons. She played in Germany, Australia, Sweden and Denmark. LeMar was named All-German 2 Bundesliga Guard of the Year in 2019.

To begin her collegiate career, LeMar played two seasons at Southern Illinois and then finished her last two seasons at North Dakota State. While at North Dakota State, she was named 2015 Summit League First Team and was the 2014 Summit League Newcomer of the Year, while being named to the Second Team. LeMar graduated from North Dakota State with a bachelor’s degree in sports management in 2015.

LeMar is a graduate of Canyon High School where she was a 2010 McDonald’s All-American nominee.