Scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026
11a.m - 12p.m CST
Beyond MU ǀ Lead with H.E.A.R.T: A Conversation with Mike Broeker and Coach Cara Consuegra
Collegiate athletics have entered a transformative era, and Marquette University is committed to meeting it with purpose. Grounded in our values of excellence, faith, leadership, and service, we continue to pursue championship-level success while keeping students at the center. Join Vice President and Director of Athletics Mike Broeker and Head Women’s Basketball Coach Cara Consuegra for a thoughtful conversation on how Marquette Athletics — and women’s basketball in particular — is navigating this evolving landscape while leading with H.E.A.R.T.
Mike Broeker, Vice President and Director of Athletics
Marquette University
Mike Broeker, Grad ’12, was named vice president and director of athletics at Marquette University in 2025. He came into this role with nearly three decades of athletics administration experience, 21 of those years in athletics leadership roles at Marquette including more than 17 as deputy athletics director. Through his leadership, Marquette Athletics has experienced broad-based athletic and academic achievement, unprecedented exposure and interest, and increased revenue from corporate partnerships, licensing, merchandising, ticket sales and philanthropy.
A former student-athlete at Siena University, Broeker was a pitcher for the baseball program. He got his start in college athletics as a marketing and sports information assistant at his alma mater.
Broeker earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Siena in 1997 and a master’s degree in leadership studies from Marquette in 2012.
Cara Consuegra, Women's Basketball Head Coach
Marquette University
Cara Consuegra was named the seventh women’s basketball head coach at Marquette University on April 17, 2024 and competed her first year in charge of the Golden Eagles women’s basketball program in 2024-25.
Consuegra guided Marquette to a 21-win season and earned BIG EAST Co-Coach of the Year honors in her first year back in Milwaukee. Marquette finished fourth in the BIG EAST after being picked 10th in the preseason coaches’ poll. The Golden Eagles made it to the second round of the Women’s Basketball Invitation Tournament. The Golden Eagles finished the season with a 13-2 record at the Al McGuire Center, tied for the best home record by a first-year head coach.
Consuegra served as an assistant coach at Marquette from 2004-11. During her tenure, she helped the lead the Golden Eagles to 145 wins and seven trips to the postseason, including two NCAA tournament appearances and a WNIT Championship in 2008. Prior to returning to Marquette, Consuegra served as the head coach at Charlotte, where she led the team to be 225-169 in 13 seasons and earned seven postseason appearances, including a NCAA tournament berth in 2022.
She was a four-year letterwinner at Iowa from 1997-01 and a All-Big Ten First Team selection her senior season. She led the Hawkeyes to a pair of NCAA tournament appearances and was the first woman in program history to tally over 1,000 points and 500 assists. Consuegra was drafted and played one season with the Utah Starzz of the WNBA in 2001.
