Ken Broschart is in his second season as Navy’s offensive coordinator after assuming the position on June 12, 2024. He spent the previous seven years at High Point, including the last four as the Panthers’ associate head coach.
Under his guidance, a program-record 26 different players scored for Navy in 2025 (previous was 24 in 2000). Four players closed out the year with 30 or more points, marking just the 11th time in school history that a Navy squad has achieved that feat (Mac Haley 43 / Jack Ponzio 31 / Carter Ash 30 / William Goers 30).
Navy averaged 11.20 goals per game, marking just the 4th time (12.28 in 2004, 11.00 in 2007, 11.80 in 2020) since 2000 that it has averaged 11.00 goals per game or more. Navy’s extra-man unit scored 15 goals on 37 opportunities for a 39.5 efficiency which stood 24th in the country and the best by the Mids since 2021 (43.3 / 10th). Meanwhile, Navy’s shooting percentage nearly reached 30 percent (168-574, 29.3) and was the program’s best mark since 2021 when the Mids shot 30.4 percent.
Henry Tolker (Sr/A) closed out his career ranked 20th on Navy’s all-time points scored list with 123. Meanwhile, he finished 8th all-time on the Mids’ goals scored leader board with 98. The 98 goals were the most by a Navy player since Ian Dingman punched in 125 goals, the second most in program history, from 2003-07. Mac Haley (Jr/A) paced the team with 43 points on 22 goals and 21 assists. He is just the 13th different Navy player to reach 40 points in a season since 2000 and the third during the Joe Amplo era.
Ponzio was Navy’s second-leading scorer with 31 points (18G, 13A), while William Goers (Fr/A) was tied for third with 30 points (13G, 17A). Ponzio and Goers are just the third tandem in program history to reach the 30-point mark as freshmen, joining Paul Basile and Tom Hanzsche in 1986 and Tucker Hull and Sam Jones in 2011.
Broschart began his tenure at High Point in August of 2017 and worked with the Panthers’ faceoff unit, as well as the defense. His impact was immediately felt, as High Point’s faceoff winning percentage jumped from 33.9 percent in 2017 to 50.8 percent in his first season. His prized pupil Davis Sampere won 53.7 percent of his draws under Broschart’s guidance after winning just 37.0 percent the year before.
The following year (2019) Broschart was promoted to offensive coordinator and under his guidance, High Point flourished. The Panthers averaged at least 13 goals per game every year outside of the COVID season (2020) and ranked among the nation’s top 15 three times and the top 25 five times. During that same time frame, at least one High Point player was ranked among the nation’s top 20 in points five times, top 10 in assists five times and top 40 in goals five times. The only year a Panther did not qualify was the shortened COVID year.
In his first season as offensive coordinator, he orchestrated a remarkable turnaround that saw the Panthers set single-season school records in points (354), goals (232), assists (122) and shot percentage (.340). They finished 2019 ranked fourth nationally in scoring offense, averaging a program-record 14.50 goals per contest. During that same campaign, High Point broke single-game records with its 22 goals and 37 points in its 22-13 victory over UMBC (3-9-19). The Panthers finished the year with a 13-3 record, the most wins in school history, and captured wins over No. 2 Duke (13-9) in Durham, N.C. and No. 9 Virginia (14-13) in Charlottesville.
The tandem of Asher Nolting and Chris Young was sensational in 2019. Nolting broke the program record for single-season points (92), goals (44-later broken) and assists (48), while Young, who also scored 44 goals, led the nation in shooting percentage (.595).
After a shortened 2020 pandemic season, High Point returned to form in 2021. The Panthers led the SoCon and were ranked 18th nationally with its 13.36 scoring offense that was led by Nolting who stood eighth nationally in points per game (5.14) and second in assists (3.21). High Point went on to capture the program’s second SoCon Tournament title and earning its second NCAA Tournament berth.
The Panthers owned a 13.40 scoring average in 2022 and High Point saw the end of an era with Nolting exhausting his eligibility. Nolting, who was fifth nationally in points (5.40) and third in assists per game (3.13) in 2022, closed out his career as the program’s record holder in nearly every offensive category - single-season assists (48 / 2019), single-season points (92 / 2019), single-season conference goals (25 / 2019), single-season conference assists (24 / 2018), single-season conference points (45 / 2019), career assists (198 / 2018-22), career points (344 / 2018-22), career conference goals (63 / 2018-22), career conference assists (78 / 2018-22), career conference points (141 / 2018-22). A three-time SoCon Offensive Player of the Year (2018, ‘19, ‘22), Nolting garnered First-Team All-SoCon honors in 2018, ‘19, ‘21 and ‘22 and was the 2021 SoCon Tournament Most Valuable Player.
The 2023 and ‘24 seasons saw High Point once again finish among the top 15 in scoring offense, as the Panthers averaged 14.12 goals per game in 2023 and stood 14th, while this past spring they were ranked 13th with an average of 13.38 goals per game. All-American attackman Brayden Mayea closed out a spectacular career as the program’s record holder in career goals (168) and broke Nolting’s single-season goals mark of 44 (2018) in both 2023 (45) and 2024 (46).
Nine players on the offensive side of the ball accounted for 16 First (9) or Second-Team (7) All-SoCon or All-Atlantic 10 Conference citations during Broschart’s tenure at High Point.
Prior to his seven-year stint at High Point, Broschart spent a decade (2008-17) in Ann Arbor, Mich. as the defensive coordinator at the University of Michigan. Alongside former Michigan head coach John Paul, Broschart played an instrumental role in the Wolverines’ transition to its current NCAA Div. I status after the completion of its 2011 club season.
Under Broschart’s tutelage, long-stick midfielder Chase Brown garnered All-Big Ten honors in 2016 by leading the conference in caused turnovers. Additionally, goalkeeper Gerald Logan finished fourth in the nation in 2015 in saves per game (12.31).
Prior to the elevation of Michigan’s program, the Wolverines played in the Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association (MCLA). In his four seasons (2008-11) with the team, Michigan put together a 76-2 record and won three MCLA titles (2018, ‘09, ‘10) in four seasons. During that time, he had a hand in all aspects of on-field coaching, while also serving as the coordinator of the team’s strength and conditioning program.
Prior to his time at Michigan, he was the head coach of the MCLA Division I program at the University of Arizona for four years. He posted a 57-24 record and was the 2004 WCLL Coach of the Year.
Broschart also has U.S. National Team experience, coaching the U.S. West National Team in 2007 and leading it to victories in the Berlin Open and the Prague Cup. He also was the defensive coordinator in 2005 when the squad won the Asian Pacific Championship in Osaka, Japan.
In the fall of 2020, Broschart joined the coaching staff for the U18 Iroquois National Team.
A 2002 graduate of New York Institute of Technology, Broschart cut his teeth in the coaching ranks as a graduate assistant at his alma mater in 2003. That season the Bears posted a 14-0 record and claimed the NCAA Division II national title.
The Hicksville, N.Y., native was a three-time USILA All-America defenseman at New York Institute of Technology from 1997-2001. During his playing career, the Bears posted an impressive 40-12 record.
Broschart and his wife, Keekan, are the parents of two children, Hadley and Kase.
