Current position | |
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Title | Associate head coach Hitting Coach |
Team | South Carolina |
Conference | SEC |
Biographical details | |
Born | Lugoff, South Carolina, U.S. | February 9, 1977
Alma mater | College of Charleston (Class of 1999) |
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 |
2016–2022 | Clemson |
2023–present | South Carolina (AHC/Hitting Coach) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 518–281 |
Tournaments | NCAA: 12–10 |
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 baseball coach, who is the associate head coach/hitting coach for the South Carolina Gamecocks. He played college baseball for the Charleston Cougars from 1996 to 1999. He then served as the head coach of the College of Charleston Cougars (2009–2015). Under Lee, the Cougars reached four NCAA tournaments, including one NCAA Super Regional.[1] As the head coach of the Clemson Tigers (2016–2022), his teams made four consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances and was nationally ranked in the top 25 in total wins (2016-2022). In addition, the Tigers won the ACC Conference Championship (2016) and regular season title (2018).
In 2022, Lee joined the University of South Carolina Baseball staff as the Associate Head Coach, helping lead the team to the Super Regionals in 2023 and Regionals in 2024.
Under the leadership of Lee, his teams have won championships in three different conferences: ACC Conference Championship (2016), CAA Conference Championship (2014, 2015) and the SoCon Championship (2012).