Kelley Stands Down As Broadneck Girls Lax Coach

In the moments after Broadneck’s comeback 8-6 victory over Urbana to win a fifth straight state girls lacrosse championship, head coach Katy Kelley — normally as stoic as they come — couldn’t suppress the emotion anymore.

Asked in the postgame media scrum, she explained why: “It was my last one.”

After 25 years on the Broadneck staff, and the last 12 as the head coach, Kelley is hanging up the whistle.

Though she told Broadneck administration the day before the championship game and her team immediately after that game, Kelley said she decided in September that this season was it.

“There’s a lot that goes into being a head coach at this level, and all the things that that entails. I didn’t feel like I could give everything like that, and I’m not willing to do it a different way,” Kelley said. “My kids are getting older, and their problems are getting bigger, and I need to be there for that. It’s just time, and it feels right because I love this senior class … it feels right even now (after winning states), which probably means it’s the right decision. I might feel different on March 1, who knows, but it feels right.”

Kelley exits having been on staff for all eight of Broadneck’s state championships — the last five as head coach — and nine of the program’s 10 state championship game appearances.