Monte Lee

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Monte Lee
Sport(s) Baseball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Clemson
Conference ACC
Record 42–18
Biographical details
Born (1977-02-09) February 9, 1977 (age 48)
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 318–163
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

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 and one NCAA Super Regional.[1]

Playing career

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.[1][2][3][4]

Coaching career

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.[1][5]

College of Charleston

Lee was hired as the head coach at College of Charleston prior to the start of the 2009 season.[6] 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.[7][8][9][10]

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.[11][12][13]

Clemson

On June 18, 2015, Clemson hired Lee to be their 27th head coach in program history.[14]

Head coaching record

The following is a table of Lee's yearly records as a collegiate head baseball coach.[10][15]

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
College of Charleston (Southern Conference) (2009–2013)
2009 College of Charleston 35–22 17–13 5th
2010 College of Charleston 44–19 22–8 2nd NCAA Regional
2011 College of Charleston 39–22 18–12 T–3rd
2012 College of Charleston 38–22 21–9 T–1st NCAA Regional
2013 College of Charleston 31–26 18–11 T–2nd
College of Charleston (Colonial Athletic Association) (2014–2015)
2014 College of Charleston 44–19 15–6 2nd NCAA Super Regional
2015 College of Charleston 45–15 21–3 1st NCAA Regional
College of Charleston: 276–145 132–62
Clemson (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2015–Present)
2016 Clemson 42–18 16–14 4th (Atlantic)
Clemson: 42–18 16–14
Total: 318-163

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

See also

References

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