Coach Ben LaChance joined the Queens sports performance staff in the Fall of 2017 His Primary training duties are with baseball, men’s and women’s lacrosse, and men’s and women’s soccer.
Prior to Queens, LaChance was a strength and conditioning coach for the Minnesota Twins Baseball Organization for the 2017 season. Coaching in the Twins Minor League organization, he was in charge of implementing all facets of strength and conditioning as well as pre and post-game nutrition for the Appalachian League Champions, Elizabethton Twins.
Before joining the Twins, LaChance was a strength and conditioning assistant at North Carolina State University from August 2015 to February 2017. While there, he worked primarily with baseball, wrestling, men’s and women’s swimming, and tennis. He also assisted with men’s basketball, track and field, and gymnastics.
LaChance earned his bachelor’s degree from UNC Wilmington where he served as a student assistant coach to the men’s and women’s swimming and diving team, and was an intern to the strength and conditioning staff.
LaChance is also a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) and Register Strength and Conditioning Coach (RSCC) through the NSCA as well as Functional Movement Systems (FMS) certified level 1.
