Yale

Laura Broderick joined the Yale staff as an assistant coach for men's and women's track and field and cross country in the summer of 2024. In 2025 she was selected for the 54th class of the NCAA Women Coaches Academy (WCA), a multi-day experience focused on leadership development and personal growth for women coaches from all sports and collegiate levels. She was one of 85 coaches nationwide who were selected.

In Broderick's first cross country season at Yale, the women finished third at the Ivy League Championships. Both the women and men had two All-Ivy honorees. The men finished fifth at the Northeast Regionals, with three All-Region honorees. The women had one All-Region honoree. Both teams earned USTFCCCA All-Academic Team recognition, and four Bulldogs were honored individually as USTFCCCA All-Academic Athletes. In track and field, Claire Archer and Charlotte Whitehurst produced Top 10 Yale all-time performances in the outdoor 5K and 10K, respectively, while also notching top-five finishes at the Outdoor Ivy League Championships.

The 2025 cross country season saw the women finish runner-up at the Ivy League Championships, their best finish since 2016, with two All-Ivy honorees. The men finished in fourth place with one All-Ivy honoree. Both teams finished fifth at the Northeast Regionals, with one women’s All-Region and two men’s All-Region honorees. In their first back-to-back top five team finish for the men since 2003 and 2004, seniors Owen Karas and Kenan Pala both qualified individually for the NCAA Cross Country Championships.
 
Broderick came to Yale after spending one season at the University of Rochester, where she had recently moved into the role of women’s cross country and track and field distance coach. During her year at Rochester, the Yellowjackets sent male and female individual qualifiers to the 2023 NCAA Cross Country Championships. She assumed primary responsibility for coaching the team’s distance runners during the 2024 track season, resulting in an individual Liberty League title and a school record in the women’s 10,000 meters. 
 
Prior to her stint at Rochester Broderick spent two years as a graduate assistant coach for the women’s track and field and cross country teams at Smith College, where she worked alongside Jaworski. She helped coach the cross country team to back-to-back appearances at the NCAA Division III Championships. Her time also saw five Pioneers earn USTFCCCA All-Mideast Region recognition, two individual NEWMAC Track & Field Champions, make two appearances at the NCAA Division III Track and Field Championships. She and Jaworski helped Smith earn the conference Coaching Staff of the Year Award in 2022. 
 
A 2018 graduate of Scripps College, Broderick was a member of the cross country and track and field teams for the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps program. She was an All-West Region runner and two-time All-Conference honoree in cross country and helped the Athenas finish 13th and 15th at the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships.
Broderick earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Scripps in 2018 and earned a master’s degree in exercise and sport studies from Smith in 2023.