The 2011 Denver Outlaws season will be the sixth season for the team. They will attempt to improve their 8-4 record from 2010

2010 MLL season

The 2010 Major League Lacrosse season was the 10th season of the league. The season began on May 15, 2010 and concluded with the championship game on August 22, 2010.-Team movement:...

 and avenge a semifinal playoff loss to the Long Island Lizards

Long Island Lizards

The Long Island Lizards are a Major League Lacrosse professional men's field lacrosse team based in Hempstead, New York, USA, located on Long Island. They are original members of the MLL and lost in the league's inaugural game on June 7, 2001 to the Baltimore Bayhawks , 16-13...

, in search for their first championship game win

Steinfeld Cup

The Steinfeld Cup is the trophy given annually to the winners ofthe New Balance Major League Lacrosse Championship. It is named after MLL founder Jake Steinfeld...

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Offseason

In mid-January, Brian Reese stepped down as head coach and general manager. It was later announced that associate head coach and defensive coordinator, Tom Slate, would be named the team's new coach. Reese left with a record of 32-17, a .653 winning percentage.

2011 Draft

The following are the eight picks made by the Outlaws in the 2011 MLL Draft.

Round	Pick	Name	Position	Height	Weight	College	Hometown
1	3	Billy Bitter Billy Bitter William Benz "Billy" Bitter is a professional American lacrosse player for the Denver Outlaws of Major League Lacrosse and the Buffalo Bandits of the National Lacrosse League. Bitter formerly played lacrosse for the University of North Carolina...	Attackman	6'0"	170 lbs.	North Carolina University of North Carolina Chartered in 1789, the University of North Carolina was one of the first public universities in the United States and the only one to graduate students in the eighteenth century...	Manhasset, New York Manhasset, New York Manhasset is a hamlet and neighborhood in Nassau County, New York, on the North Shore of Long Island. As of the United States 2010 Census, the population was 8,080....
2	9	Steve Serling	Midfielder	6'0"	180 lbs.	Hofstra Hofstra University Hofstra University is a private, nonsectarian institution of higher learning located in the Village of Hempstead, New York, United States, about east of New York City: less than an hour away by train or car...	Rockville Centre, New York Rockville Centre, New York Rockville Centre is a village located in Nassau County, New York, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the village had a total population of 24,023. The town is made up of middle to upper middle class residents, most of the wealthier residents residing on the north side of town near the...
3	15	Brett Schmidt	Defenseman	6'0"	175 lbs.	Maryland University of Maryland When the term "University of Maryland" is used without any qualification, it generally refers to the University of Maryland, College Park.University of Maryland may refer to the following:...	Maple Glen, Pennsylvania Maple Glen, Pennsylvania Maple Glen is a census-designated place in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 6,742 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Maple Glen is located at ....
4	21	Grant Catalino Grant Catalino Grant Catalino is an American lacrosse player from Webster, New York. He is an attackman for the Rochester Rattlers of Major League Lacrosse and a forward for the Rochester Knighthawks of the National Lacrosse League...	Attackman	6'5"	225 lbs.	Maryland	Webster, New York Webster, New York Webster may refer to two municipalities in Monroe County, New York in the United States:*Webster , New York*Webster , New York, located entirely within the town...
5	27	Jack McBride Jack McBride John F. McBride was an American football player who played the positions of halfback, fullback, and quarterback in the National Football League . He was born in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. McBride played collegiately at Syracuse University where he finished second in the nation in scoring in his...	Attackman	5'10"	195 lbs.	Princeton Princeton University Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....	Madison, New Jersey Madison, New Jersey Madison is a borough in Morris County, New Jersey, in the United States. As of the 2000 United States Census, the population was 16,530. It also is known as "The Rose City".-Geography:Madison is located at ....
6	33	Andrew Irving	Midfielder	5'9"	185 lbs.	Notre Dame	McLean, Virginia McLean, Virginia McLean is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Fairfax County in Northern Virginia. The community had a total population of 48,115 as of the 2010 census....
7	39	Andrew Lay	Midfielder	6'3"	200 lbs.	Denver	Denver, Colorado Denver, Colorado The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...
8	45	Adam Ghitelman	Goalie	5'9"	186 lbs.	Virginia University of Virginia The University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson...	Syosset, New York Syosset, New York Syosset is a hamlet in Nassau County, New York, in the northeastern section of Town of Oyster Bay near the North Shore of Long Island. The population was 18,829 at the 2010 census...