University of Denver Athletics

Assistant coach Brittany Read is in her seventh season on head coach Liza Kelly's staff in 2025, primarily working with the goalkeepers, draw specialists and helping with defensive strategies.
 
A 2018 grad from the University of Oregon, Read was named a member of the All-Pac-12 Second Team, and broke the Oregon single-season record for saves (179) and Oregon single-game record for ground balls (10).  Read was a starter in all 18 games for the Ducks in the 2018 campaign.
 
Before the University of Oregon, Read spent three seasons at Louisville where she showcased her talents 42 times in net. Read helped the Cardinals advance to three NCAA Tournaments and remains the Louisville record holder for career save percentage (.516).
 
Prior to her colligate career, Read lived with her parents Denise and Don in Gibbsboro, New Jersey, where she attended Eastern Regional High School. While there, she was a four-time letter winner, named honorable mention for U.S. Lacrosse All-America, shattered Eastern Regional's record for saves with over 600, and was a two-time all-conference first-team honoree.
 
Read played her second season of professional women's lacrosse with Athletes Unlimited in summer 2022 and helped Team England win a bronze medal while also earning All-World Team honors at the World Lacrosse Women's Championship in Towson, Maryland, in June and July of that year.

2024: DU finished 16-4 overall, with all four losses coming to top-10 opponents. The Pioneer defense allowed 9.20 goals per game, good for 15th nationally. She led goalkeeper Emelia Bohi to 125 saves and 9.13 goals-against average. 

2023: Denver led the country with the most wins (22) and was tied for the fewest losses (1) as the team reached the NCAA Final Four for the first time in program history. The Pioneers defense allowed just 6.22 goals against per game, the best mark in college lacrosse and the lowest since 2016 when Southern California allowed 5.81 goals per game. She helped guide goalkeeper Emelia Bohi to an NCAA-leading 6.43 goals-against average.

2022: The Pioneers went 18-3 overall and a perfect 5-0 in Big East play, earning their third straight conference regular-season title. Denver won its second consecutive Big East Tournament title and reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the fourth year in a row. Under Read's watch, DU allowed only 8.38 goals per game (fifth-best in the NCAA) and saw freshman Emelia Bohi develop into one of the best young goalkeepers in the nation.
 
2021: Read 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. Read coached goalie Amelia Cole, who earned Big East Goalkeeper of the Year honors. 

2020: Read helped lead the Pioneers to a 7-1 record in a season that was cut short due to COVID-19. The Pioneers entered their 2020 campaign at No. 10 in the IWLCA preseason poll, the highest in program history and finished the season at No. 16. 

2019: In her first season at Denver, Read helped lead the Pioneers to a 16-4 record, a runner-up finish in the Big East Tournament and an NCAA Tournament appearance in their third season in the Big East Conference. Read coached goalkeeper Carson Gregg who was named the Big East Goalkeeper of the Year, after recording 74 saves and a 7.30 goal-against average. The Pioneer staff, including Read were a unanimous selection for Big East Coaching Staff of the Year.