Monte Lee

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Monte Lee, College of Charleston (Age: 35) The Skinny: The first position player ever drafted out of CofC, Lee spent six years learning under Ray Tanner at South Carolina before returning to his alma mater as head coach and guiding the Cougars to two regionals in his first four years.
What They’re Saying: “I think the world of Monte. He’s a great coach, a great guy, a great recruiter, he works hard and he’s really well connected. Players love playing for him; he’s got a great temperament, and he’s a darn good hitting guy too. He was the hitting coach for some of those really good South Carolina teams. He’s very happy at the College of Charleston, it being his alma mater, but it would be smart of an AD in the ACC or SEC to hire him, because he’s a great one.” What about WSU ? Sounds kind of like the Greg Marshall of college baseball in waiting.

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This is the first that I have heard of this guy. It doesn't appear that they made the ncaa tournament this year.

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This is the first that I have heard of this guy.

He is ranked by Baseball America as the 6th best baseball coach under 40 in the Nation.

6. Monte Lee, College of Charleston (Age: 35)

The Skinny: The first position player ever drafted out of CofC, Lee spent six years learning under Ray Tanner at South Carolina before returning to his alma mater as head coach and guiding the Cougars to two regionals in his first four years.

What They're Saying: "I think the world of Monte. He's a great coach, a great guy, a great recruiter, he works hard and he's really well connected. Players love playing for him; he's got a great temperament, and he's a darn good hitting guy too. He was the hitting coach for some of those really good South Carolina teams. He's very happy at the College of Charleston, it being his alma mater, but it would be smart of an AD in the ACC or SEC to hire him, because he's a great one."
—South Carolina coach Chad Holbrook

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Monte Lee Bio-

In 2013, Monte Lee enters his fifth season as head coach at the College of Charleston. Lee, a former College of Charleston standout and South Carolina assistant coach, was named the Cougars' head coach on July 3, 2008.

In this past offseason, Lee was named one of Baseball America's Top 10 Head Coaches Under 40 in all of college baseball. He was also named to Perfect Game's Top 10 Rising Head Coaches list.
Lee joined the Cougars after spending the six seasons as an assistant at South Carolina under head coach Ray Tanner. He served as the Gamecocks' recruiting coordinator in his last season.
In his four seasons at CofC, Lee has posted a record of 156-85 with two trips to the NCAA Tournament and a Southern Conference regular season championship in 2012. He has coached three SoCon Players of the Year, one SoCon Pitcher of the Year and one SoCon Freshman of the Year. In his tenure, 17 different players have been drafted or signed free agent contracts, and seven different players were All-Americans.

College of Charleston Head Coach
2012, 38-22 (National rankings: 5 HR) NCAA Gainesville Regional, SoCon Regular Season Champions
2011, 39-22 (National rankings: 2nd HR, 8th scoring, 4th slugging percentage, 7th walks, 6th SF)
2010, 44-19 (National rankings: 5th HR, 7th scoring, 8th runs, 9th doubles, 14th BB, 16th W/L Pct.) NCAA Myrtle Beach Regional
2009, 35-22 (National rankings: 3rd HR, 4th scoring, 4th slugging percentage, 5th doubles, 9th average, 2nd SF)
Totals, 156-85, .647

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Monte Lee left USC for College of Charleston in 2009, he inherited a highly successful program from John Pawlowski, much like we are asking the next Shocker coach to do.

Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/2013/04/16/2...#storylink=cpy