Now in her ninth year on the coaching staff, associate head coach Gay Brokenbough has 24 years of coaching experience. From 2001-05, Brokenbough coached the girls’ volleyball teams at Santa Fe High, as well as the boys’ team from 2002-06. With the girls’ team, she led them to the CIF Playoffs from 2002-05 and reached the quarterfinals twice. In 2003, they captured the Del Rio League championship. On the boy’s side, they won the league title in 2004 and reached the CIF quarterfinals. The qualified for the post-season from 2003-06.

Her coaching assignments have also included stints at Saddleback High (2000) as the varsity boys’ volleyball assistant coach, Gahr High (1999) as the junior varsity girl’s head coach, and at Whitney High, where she started her career and coached three sports. From 1993-99, Brokenbough served as the girls’ basketball head coach and led them to the CIF Playoffs in five of those seasons. She served as the softball coach from 1992-98 and guided them to the CIF Playoffs each season, while advancing to the CIF quarterfinals three times and won the Delphic League title in 1992. From 1991-98 she was the girl’s head volleyball coach and guided them to the CIF Playoffs in seven of those years, while they reached the state playoffs in 1995. They advanced to the CIF semi-finals in 1998. She spent 1999 as the boys’ volleyball head coach.

Brokenbough was a three-sport athlete at Whitney High, earning all-league honors in volleyball for three seasons and also played basketball and softball. She then played one year of volleyball at Cypress College before moving on to Cal State Fullerton, where she earned her Bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology, as well as a teaching credential. She then moved on to Cal Poly Pomona, where she earned an administrative credential.

Brokenbough received her Master’s degree in Physical Education from Azusa Pacific University in 2009 and a Master’s degree in Educational Technology from Azusa Pacific University in April, 2011. Brokenbough and her husband Brian Brokenbough live in Long Beach.