Former Iowa State standout Deon Broomfield joined Indiana State as the Sycamores’ cornerbacks coach in 2017.
Under Broomfield, cornerback Rondell Green was named to the Missouri Valley Football All-Conference Second Team in 2018 and Kaelub Newman ranked second in the MVFC and ninth nationally with three forced fumbles in his first season at Indiana State.
Broomfield’s cornerback duo of Green and Anthony Tucker both finished top-10 in the MVFC in passes defended in 2017 while Green and Newman ranked in the top-10 in passes defended and forced fumble in the League a year later in 2018.
Broomfield was already acquainted with the Missouri Valley Football Conference after spending the 2016 season at Western Illinois as the cornerbacks coach for the Leathernecks. At WIU, Broomfield was on a Leatherneck staff that upset FBS opponent Northern Illinois, along the way mentoring two true freshmen Mike Viti and Daron Wheeler, who both started at least four games.
He worked at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wis., during the 2015 season in charge of the safeties. In May of 2014, Broomfield signed a contract with the Buffalo Bills as an undrafted free agent. He spent the regular season on the practice squad and eventually signed a futures contact in December 2014.
Broomfield was a standout safety during his collegiate career at Iowa State. He played in all 50 games from 2010-13, starting 18 times. He recorded 133 career tackles, 16 pass break-ups, forced four fumbles and three interceptions. He came up with key stops late in the game to help the Cyclones record a win over West Virginia and No. 2 Oklahoma State.
A native of Palm Bay, Florida, Broomfield earned his bachelor’s degree from ISU in liberal studies with an emphasis in family and child services.
