Education
College of Charleston.
College of Charleston.
He is the head coach for the Clemson Tigers baseball team From 2009 until 2015, he was the head coach of the Charleston Cougars, his alma mater. Under Lee, the Cougars reached four National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournaments and one National Collegiate Athletic Association Super Regional.
Lee played four seasons of baseball (1996–1999) at College of Charleston.
An outfielder, Lee was a career.333 hitter and had 22 home runs. He became the program"s fifth major-league draftee when he was selected by the Saint Louis Cardinals following his senior year and played two seasons of minor league baseball, advancing as high as Single-A.
Lee began his coaching career with a two-year stint (2001–2002) as an assistant at Spartanburg Methodist, a junior college located in his hometown of Spartanburg, South Carolina.
Lee then spent six seasons (2003–2008) as an assistant at South Carolina. The Gamecocks qualified for the National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament in each of Lee"s six seasons and also appeared in two College World Series.
College of Charleston
Lee was hired as the head coach at College of Charleston prior to the start of the 2009 season.
At the Myrtle Beach Regional, the Cougars advanced to the regional final with wins over third-seeded North Carolina State and first-seeded Coastal Carolina, but were eliminated with consecutive defeats by Coastal in the championship round. In 2012, the team shared the Southern Conference regular season title and advanced to another National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament, where it went 1–2. In the Lubbock Super Regional, the Cougars were defeated by Texas Technical in consecutive 1–0 games.
Charleston was selected as a #2 seed in Florida State"s Tallahassee Regional, where they went 2–2, finishing second behind the host Seminoles.
In Lee"s seven seasons at Charleston, 21 players were selected in the Major League Baseball Draft. Pitcher Heath Hembree was taken in the 5th round by the San Francisco Giants in 2010 and reached the major leagues in 2013.
A total of six Cougars were taken in that draft, the highest total of Lee"s tenure. In his final season at Charleston, the Arizona Diamondbacks selected pitcher Taylor Clarke in the third round, making him the program"s highest ever selection.
Clemson
On June 18, 2015, Clemson hired Lee to be their 27th head coach in program history.