Tim Broenink - Field Hockey Coach - University of North Carolina Athletics

Tim Broenink

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
broenink@unc.edu

Tim Broenink joined the North Carolina field hockey program as an assistant coach during the summer of 2023. A native of the Netherlands, Broenink brings high-level international coaching experience to Chapel Hill, in addition to his collegiate background.

"As a program, staff, and University, we are very excited to welcome Tim to the Carolina family," head coach Erin Matson said upon Broenink’s hiring. "He has a wealth of knowledge and experience internationally and domestically. He also brings a contagious, positive energy that goes hand-in-hand with the way we operate. There is no doubt Tim will do whatever it takes to help set our student-athletes up for success, on and off the pitch."

Before coming to UNC, Broenink spent four years as the head coach of the Norway Men's National Team, guiding the squad to a bronze medal, the first in Norwegian history, at the 2019 Euro Hockey Championship Men IV. Also in 2019, he coached the Norwegian club Kringsja to a gold medal at the Euro Hockey Club Championship IV.

He also has extensive experience coaching youth and adult club teams in the Netherlands. He is certified as an educator by both FIH and EHF.

Broenink came to North Carolina already familiar with Atlantic Coast Conference field hockey after spending the 2021 and 2022 seasons as an assistant coach at Syracuse.