In year one, he led Queens to a 13-5 record and their second ever appearance in the NCAA Championships. Additionally, eight Royals were named to the SAC all-conference team and Griffin Stechmiller was named an all-American. Queens completed the season ranked 12th in the final USILA Poll.

The Royals also excelled off the field as Kevin Barry earned the SAC Elite 20 Award and the team was honored with the Royals Service Award.

Queens recorded winning records each of the two seasons with Panos on staff as an assistant coach. In 2017, Queens recorded upset victories over nationally-ranked Wingate, Mount Olive, and Lenoir-Rhyne en route to reaching the South Atlantic Conference Championship game. They went on to close the year ranked 18th nationally. In 2018, the Royals defeated a nationally-ranked Trojans squad again before upsetting perennial powerhouse Limestone College. The win over the Saints was just the second in program history for the Royals.

In addition, Panos was an assistant coach for the Greece Men’s Senior National Team in the summer of 2019 when they finished 19th out of 46 teams in the 2018 FIL World Lacrosse Championships.

Prior to joining the Royals, Panos was an assistant coach for three seasons with the Spartans at the University of Tampa. During that time, the Spartans won three Sunshine State Conference titles and ranked top five nationally.

Background

In addition to working in collegiate athletics Panos is the president and owner of Panos Lacrosse, a premiere lacrosse organization specializing in superior training for young aspiring athletes. His camps, clinics and teams have been highly sought after throughout the United States since 2009. Panos has also been the West Florida Lacrosse Club Director of Coaching while serving as the head coach of the U-13 and U15 teams since 2014.

Prior to entering the collegiate coaching field, Panos coached at the high school level taking a struggling Nathan Hale High School team to the state championships in just three seasons leaving the team ranked top-five in the state of Washington. He also coached Eastlake High School to a top-10 Washington state ranking in two seasons.

A former collegiate athlete himself, Panos attended Hoftstra University helping lead the Pride to two NCAA Tournament appearances in 1995 and 1996.