Monte Lee
Monte Lee at Clemson
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| Sport(s) | Baseball |
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| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Clemson |
| Conference | ACC |
| Record | 44-20 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
February 9, 1977 Spartanburg, South Carolina |
| Alma mater | College of Charleston '00 |
| Playing career | |
| 1996–1999 | College of Charleston |
| Position(s) | OF |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2001–2002 | Spartanburg Methodist (asst.) |
| 2003–2008 | South Carolina (asst.) |
| 2009–2015 | College of Charleston |
| 2016–present | Clemson |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 320-165 |
| Tournaments | NCAA: 8–8 CAA: 5–2 SoCon: 4–10 ACC: 4-0 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| NCAA Regional: 2014 CAA: 2015 CAA Tournament: 2014 SoCon: 2012 ACC Tournament: 2016 |
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Monte Wesley Lee (born February 9, 1977) is an American college baseball coach. 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 NCAA Tournaments, including one NCAA 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 St. 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. During Lee's tenure, the program reached an NJCAA Division I World Series and set a single-season win record. Lee then spent six seasons (2003–2008) as an assistant at South Carolina. The Gamecocks qualified for the NCAA Tournament in each of Lee's six seasons and also appeared in two College World Series.
Lee was hired as the head coach at College of Charleston prior to the start of the 2009 season. In Lee's second season, the Cougars broke the 40-win mark and appeared in their first NCAA Tournament in his tenure. At the Myrtle Beach Regional, the Cougars advanced to the regional final with wins over third-seeded NC 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 NCAA Tournament, where it went 1–2. In 2014, Charleston won the conference tournament in their first season in the Colonial Athletic Association. The Cougars then won the Gainesville Regional with a 3–0 record, defeating host Florida and Long Beach State twice. In the Lubbock Super Regional, the Cougars were defeated by Texas Tech in consecutive 1–0 games. In 2015 season, the Cougars won the CAA regular season crown with a 21–3 record, before falling to the UNCW Seahawks in the CAA Championship game. Charleston was selected as a #2 seed in Florida State's Tallahassee Regional, where they went 2–2, finishing second behind the host Seminoles.
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