Sterlin Broomfield has been a part of the Rangers coaching staff since the 2016 season. He joined the Rangers staff in 2016 as a student assistant before becoming a graduate assistant. Upon graduation, the Dodge City, Kansas native stayed on the coaching staff as a volunteer assistant with the Rangers cross country/track & field programs.
Before joining the Northwestern coaching staff, Broomfield ran for the Red-and-Black his junior and senior seasons, where he finished the season with an outstanding year as a Ranger, breaking the 2010 school record in the 8k with a time of 27:10.90 at the Fort Hays State Tiger Open. He set the first-ever 10k school record with a time of 33:49 at the Regional cross-country meet in Joplin, Missouri, that same year. He also was the Northwespy Junior student-athlete of the year.
Before running at Northwestern, Broomfield ran at Cowley College, located in Arkansas City, Kansas. With Cowley, he placed sixth in the 10K at an outdoor conference in back-to-back years and took seventh at the indoor conference in the 5K as a sophomore. Lastly, Broomfield was a part of the Tiger team that won the Jayhawk Conference Indoor Championship in 2013, scoring in the Distance Medley Relay and 10,000 Meters. He qualified in back-to-back years for the NJCAA Cross-Country National Championships.
The Kansas native graduated with a Business Administration degree in 2015 before graduating with his Education & Sports Administration master's degree in 2019.
