Brice Queener is in his fifth season at the University of Denver and his third as the Associate Head Coach of the women’s lacrosse program in 2024. He was promoted to his current position on Aug. 24, 2021 after serving as an assistant coach on Liza Kelly’s staff starting in fall 2019.
Queener, 39, helped the Pioneers to a 22-1 overall record in 2023, leading the country in wins and tied for the fewest losses in the NCAA. Leading the team’s offense, Denver had nine different players with 10 or more goals this season and five with 20-plus markers. The Pioneers’ nine players with 10-plus goals tied the 2021 squad for the most in a single season in program history, while their players with 20 or more markers were two shy of matching the school record of seven in 2013. Overall, 16 different players tallied at least once this season.
In 2022, Queener's offesnive system saw graduate student Bea Behrins set the school record with 71 goals en route to her winning her second consecutive Big East Attacker of the Year award and being recognized as an IWLCA Third-Team All American. Rookie Lauren Black also broke out on the scene in 2022 to earn Big East Freshman of the Year honors, as her 74 points were the most ever by a DU freshman while her 54 goals ranked second among newcomers in program history.
The Penn Yan, New York, native came to Denver after a serving as the head coach of Southwestern University in 2018-19, leading the Pirates to a 7-6 record in 2019, the first winning season in program history.
Prior to his time at Southwestern University, Queener spent two seasons as an assistant at Fresno State, leading the MPSF program to the first two winning seasons in its program history as well, and a trip to the MPSF Championship.
In the three seasons prior to his stint at Fresno State, Queener started the women's lacrosse program at Rhodes College (DIII) in 2013-14, guiding the Lynx to a 36-11 record a Southern Athletic Association regular season title and a pair of SAA Tournament Championships. The Lynx advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament in both 2015 and 2016.
After assistant coaching tenures at Siena and Binghamton, Queener founded the women's lacrosse program at The Hill Academy before taking the head coaching job at Rhodes.
Queener played collegiately on the men’s lacrosse team at Georgetown University, making four-straight NCAA Quarterfinal appearances with the Hoyas. Queener's six-year Major League Lacrosse career saw him drafted by the Rochester Rattlers and playing there for two seasons before spending four with the Hamilton Nationals, including a trip to the title game in 2011
2021: Queener helped lead Denver to a 16-2 record, including a 16-game winning streak, a Big East regular season title, the program's first Big East Tournament title and a win in the NCAA First Round against Stanford. Queener led an offense that set a program record with nine double digit goal scorers, led by Big East Attacker of the Year Bea Behrins.
2020: In his first season with the Pioneers, Queener helped lead Denver to a 7-1 record before the season was cut short due to COVID-19. Queener guided the DU offense to enormous numbers through eight games, outscoring their opponents 135-69. The Pioneers had three players record sock tricks and landed three Big East Attacker of the Week honors. DU entered the season at No.10 in the IWLCA coaches’ poll, the best in program history before closing the season at No. 16 in the final poll.
