Kathy Broderick (Builder)

Inductee Name: Kathy Broderick
Category: Coach
Date: Class of 2018

Forming a dynamic coach duo with Marina van der Merwe, Broderick’s strengths were in scouting, tactics and motivation. Additionally, during her time with the Women’s National Team, Broderick was considered one of the world’s leading goalkeeper coaches. As an assistant coach from 1978-1995, she worked three Olympic Games, three Pan American Games, six FIH World Cups and countless other international competitions. Broderick was also a coach during Canada’s first foray into international indoor competition where she was instrumental in leading a Canadian team to a bronze medal in the 1981 European Zone Indoor Championships in Berlin.