Summer Quesenberry

Summer Quesenberry is in her second season at the University of Illinois Springfield in 2023-24 as the women’s basketball head coach.

Quesenberry is starting her eleventh season as a collegiate head coach, including at NCAA Division II Alderson Broaddus for two years before coming to Springfield. She turned the program around at Alderson Broaddus. She went 20-25 in two seasons, advanced to the conference tournament in both seasons, and advanced to the MEC Quarterfinals in 2021. The 2021-22 team went 13-14 overall and 10-12 in MEC action. The overall record was the best at the school in 14 years, while the conference mark was the top one in 24 seasons. The Battlers ended a 14-year postseason drought in 2021, and made back-to-back appearances in the conference tournament in 2022 for the first time in 20 years.

Quesenberry led the turnaround on the offensive side of the ball. In her first season, Alderson Broaddus improved by over nine points a game, and averaged 72.8 points a contest. Last year, the program improved that mark to 76.1 points per game, and it shot nearly 45 percent from the field. Last year, The Battlers were top-four in the MEC, a conference that included the 2022 NCAA Division II National Champion, in assists, blocked shots, field-goal percentage, free-throw percentage, offensive rebounds per game, rebound margin, and three-point field-goal percentage defense.

Quesenberry was the head women’s basketball coach at Lourdes from 2016-18. The 2017-18 team set program records for most wins and most conference wins. She was the head coach at Brescia from 2012-16. She won 53 games over four seasons. Her final squad in 2015-16 won 13 conference games, the most in program history. That team was division runner-up, which was the best conference finish in program history. She was also the interim head coach at Vassar for the 2008-09 season.

Prior to Alderson Broaddus, Quesenberry coached one season at Urbana University for the men’s program. That team set a new program record for most conference wins in a season, and advanced to the conference postseason tournament for the first time. She was also a women’s basketball assistant coach at the College of Mount Saint Joseph for one year, and Christopher Newport for two seasons. At the latter program, Quesenberry helped the team be ranked No. 1 in NCAA Division III, and advance to the national semifinals in 2011.

Quesenberry was a member of the Ohio Wesleyan women’s basketball from 2006-08. She appeared in 37 games for the Battling Bishops.

Quesenberry graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in 2008 with a Bachelor of Arts in Physical Education. She is on track to earn her Masters of Arts in Organizational Leadership from Regent University in 2023.