Christian Pickerel was named Queens Director of Golf ahead of the 2025-2026 season. Pickerel joined the Royals from Lincoln Memorial, where he served as the assistant women's golf coach since 2022.
Pickerel assisted in running practices, recruiting, training, and player development with the Railsplitters. In 2023, the women's golf team picked up two tournament wins, broke the program record for best season scoring average, and earned a top 25 national ranking for the first time in school history. The team saw its best finish at the SAC Championship in 12 years, with Dilyara Bulambayeva earning the individual win. The next year, the women's golf team broke the season scoring average record set in 2024, while also earning a WGCA Coaches Poll top 25 ranking for the first time. Bulambayeva recorded the best scoring average in school history with Pickerel coaching her, and the team reached the South Region Tournament for the first time in history.
In addition to assisting with the women's squad, Pickerel helped the men's team win the 2025 SAC Championship and finish top 10 at the NCAA Championship.
Pickerel holds a bachelor's degree in exercise science from Wingate University, and Martin earned a bachelor's degree in English from LMU.
