Daren Queenan

Daren Queenan
Personal information
Born (1966-10-19) October 19, 1966 (age 57)
Norristown, Pennsylvania
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight170 lb (77 kg)
Career information
High schoolNorristown
(Norristown, Pennsylvania)
CollegeLehigh (1984–1988)
NBA draft1988: undrafted
Playing career1989–2002
PositionShooting guard / small forward
Career history
1988Philadelphia Aces
1988–1989Charleston Gunners
1989Rapid City Thrillers
1990Albany Patroons
1990–1991La Crosse Catbirds
1991Memphis Rockers
1991–1992Gimnasia y Esgrima (CR)
1992–1999Okapi Aalstar
1999–2000Apollon Patras
2000–2001Brandt Hagen
2001Cáceres CB
2002Joventut Badalona
Career highlights and awards

Daren Queenan (born October 19, 1966) is an American retired basketball player.[1][2] Born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, he attended Norristown High School as a teenager but went virtually unrecruited by colleges to play basketball except for nearby Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.[3] Queenan was an undersized center in high school, standing at 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m), but then-assistant Lehigh coach Fran McCaffery signed him to play for the Mountain Hawks and turned him into a shooting guard/small forward[1] (toward the end of Queenan's career at Lehigh, McCaffery said, "You wouldn't believe how many coaches told me Daren couldn't play for them. Every coach makes mistakes, but when you say a kid can't play, and he scores 3,000 points, that's a mistake."[3]) McCaffery would become Lehigh's head coach for Queenan's final three seasons.[4]

  1. ^ a b Teitel, Jon (July 19, 2010). "Jon Teitel's Player Interview Series: Lehigh Great Daren Queenan". CollegeHoops.net. Archived from the original on November 22, 2010. Retrieved November 1, 2010.
  2. ^ "Player Daren Queenan". Doudiz Basket. 2010. Archived from the original on August 15, 2011. Retrieved November 1, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ a b McCallum, Jack (February 1, 1988). "Time For Some Q & A". Sports Illustrated Vault. CNN/SI. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved November 1, 2010.
  4. ^ Bradley, Bill (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, New York: ESPN Books. p. 312. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.