We calculate the lattice quark propagator in Coulomb gauge from both dynamical and quenched configurations. We show that in the continuum limit both the static and the full quark propagators are multiplicatively renormalizable. From the propagator we extract the quark renormalization function ZðjpjÞ and the running mass MðjpjÞ and extrapolate the latter to the chiral limit. We find that MðjpjÞ practically coincides with the corresponding Landau gauge function for small momenta. The computation of MðjpjÞ can, however, be made more efficient in Coulomb gauge; this can lead to a better determination of the chiral mass and the quark anomalous dimension. Moreover from the structure of the full propagator we can read an expression for the dispersion relation of quarks, compatible with an IR divergent effective energy. If confirmed on larger volumes, this finding would allow one to extend the Gribov-Zwanziger confinement mechanism to the fermionic sector of QCD.