When Dick Tomey hired Clarence Brooks as his defensive line coach in 1990, Brooks was a virtual unknown from Syracuse. After three UA seasons, he had helped to develop All-Pac-10 linemen Warner Smith and Rob Waldrop. Sadly, Brooks died of cancer Friday in Baltimore, where he had been an assistant coach for the Baltimore Ravens. At 65, Brooks had been an NFL assistant coach since leaving Tucson in 1993.
Former UA assistant Clarence Brooks dies
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