New GC coach Broom has high goals
Former coach returns; Mills, Norrell complete staff
Broom said she is excited to be back at Gordon Central and looking forward to the challenge of building up the softball program.
“I’m really excited to be back at Gordon Central,” said Broom. “What I’m most excited about though is to bring in the full coaching staff that we have. Maci Mills will be our pitching coach, and Austin Norrell will be assisting as well mostly with catchers and infield. For me, I’m just excited to get back into the atmosphere that goes along with coaching, but most importantly I’m excited to bring this coaching staff and share it with everyone here.
“I’m a very intense coach, and I enjoy working with student-athletes and helping them figure out the right direction they need to go with their future. Like I said, I’m very intense, and the athletes will learn that. But I’m excited to be back coaching, and I’m looking forward to seeing what we can do.”
Broom will look to build more consistency in the program after the Lady Warriors have combined to win just 14 games in the past three seasons. The next item on the schedule is try-outs in May, and once those are complete they will start making plans for the 2018 season that starts in August.
Broom said she knows there is a lot of work ahead, but she has high expectations for what the program can become.
“I think the program has great potential,” said Broom. “We have some good young athletes here at the high school and coming up in middle school. I think at this point we have to assess everyone, see where everyone is and where we are going with this program. It’s very exciting to see the athletes we have coming up. I think there is a lot of work to do, but that comes with any coach starting new with a program. But it’s really exciting to see the potential we have.”
Broom is married to Gordon Central associate athletic director and head boys’ basketball coach Derrick Broom, and they have two sons, Tate and Turner.
Mills is a Gordon Central graduate and went on to play college softball at East Carolina before transferring for her final three years at Reinhardt where she was a standout pitcher. Norrell played baseball at Calhoun High before earning a scholarship to Walters State where he played two years and then transferred to Middle Tennessee State.