In 2020, Brian Steele enters his third season with the Royals after serving as an assistant coach for two of the most successful seasons in Queens Basketball history.
In 2019-2020, the Royals posted a 24-7 record, winning 10 of their final 11 games. Queens capped the year with a fifth-straight top-25 finish in both major national polls, earning the No. 15 ranking in the final media poll and the No. 23 ranking in the final coaches' poll, after reaching the top-10 of both polls for the fifth consecutive year. The Royals claimed the No. 2 seed in the Southeast Regional of the NCAA Division II Men's basketball Championship before the tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
During the 2018-2019 campaign, Queens went 31-5, won the South Atlantic Conference Regular Season Championship by five games and repeated as Southeast Regional champions to advance to the Elite Eight for the second consecutive season. The Royals spent the entire season ranked in both national polls, peaking at No. 7 in coaches’ poll and finishing at No. 10, and peaking and finishing at No. 5 in the media poll.
Prior to joining the Royals, Steele spent three seasons on staff at his alma mater, the University of South Carolina, serving as a student assistant during the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 seasons, and as a graduate assistant coach during the 2017-2018 season. With Steele on staff, the Gamecocks twice set a school record for wins in a season and reached the 2017 Final Four.
As a student-athlete at South Carolina, Steele was a three-time letter winner who made 50 career appearances while starting four times. Steele served as a team captain during his junior season, was a three-time SEC Academic Honor Roll member and was named to the NABC Honors Court.
A native of Greenville, South Carolina, Steele was a prep school all-state, all-region and all-county selection helping lead Wade Hampton School to a state championship during his junior season.
Steele holds a graduate degree from South Carolina in Sport and Entertainment Management.
