Softball Coaches

The 2008-2009 Athletic season marks the first season for newly hired Head Coach Kim Broking taking charge of the Centenary College Lady Cyclones Softball program. 

Broking comes to Centenary after a very successful six year coaching stint (2002-2006, 2008) at Montclair State University.  She is however not unfamiliar with the Lady Cyclones program as she did handle the Assistant Coaching duties at Centenary for one year (2007) before returning to the Red Hawks last season.  While on the staff at MSU, Broking was in charge of all aspects of the team’s pitching staff.  She also oversaw the strength and fitness components for the program along with coordinating the team’s fundraising events for their annual spring trip.  During her tenure the team compiled a record of 207 wins and 58 losses. In 2008 she was part of a program which won the New Jersey Athletic Conference tournament after going undefeated in conference play finishing with a record of 18-0.  MSU then went on to the NCAA tournament as the #1 seed.  The staff’s final accolade came when they were named the 2008 Regional Coaching Staff of the Year, one of the top honors awarded to a coaching staff.   In addition to her coaching experience at the college level, Coach Broking, has handled Administrative duties such as coordinating student-athlete study halls, assisting with academic advisement, and was a Mentor to the Student Athlete Advisory Counsel (SAAC).   

During her playing career, Broking was a four-year starter and letter winner for Montclair State from 1998 through 2001.  In her final season she batted a team-best .437 as the Red Hawks won 36 games and claimed the ECAC South Division III crown. Broking set a school record with 1,048 career putouts as an infielder, and tied the school standard with 145 career RBIs. For her career, she batted .404 with 216 hits and 103 runs scored in 174 games, including 56 doubles, while assisting on 96 outs from her first base position. She went 17-2 as a pitcher with a 2.91 ERA and 83 strikeouts in 173 innings. A two-time All-NJAC First Team All-Star, Broking was also selected as the 2001 MSU Outstanding Female Athlete, the 2001 ECAC South Region MVP, and was named the Dioguardi Scholarship Award winner.

Broking holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Physical Education (’02) and a Master of Arts in Physical Education-Exercise Science (’08) both from Montclair State, along with a pair of Coaching Certificates, one from the National Strength and Conditioning Association (Certified Specialist) and the other from the National Fastpitch Coaches Association.