Robert Lee (basketball)

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Robert Lee
Biographical details
Born (1968-03-12) March 12, 1968 (age 55)
New Roads, Louisiana, U.S.
Playing career
Basketball
1986–1990 Nicholls State
Position(s)Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1992–1996 Opelousas HS
1996–2004 Louisiana–Lafayette (asst.)
2004–2010Louisiana–Lafayette
2010–2011 Louisiana–Monroe (asst.)
2011–2014 Arkansas–Little Rock (asst.)
2015–2016 Morgan City HS
Head coaching record
Overall63–99 (.389) (college)
121–47 (.720) (high school)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Sun Belt West Division (2008)

Robert Lawrence Lee (born March 12, 1968) [1] is an American former basketball coach. He served as the head men's basketball coach at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette from 2004 to 2010.

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Early life and education

Born in New Roads, Louisiana, Lee graduated from Catholic High School of Pointe Coupee in New Roads. [2] At Nicholls State University, Lee played under Gordon Stauffer on the Nicholls State Colonels men's basketball team from 1986 to 1990 before becoming a student assistant in the 1990–91 season. [2] As a senior, Lee started all 27 games played and averaged 12.8 points and 2.3 rebounds. [3] Lee completed his bachelor's degree in general studies in May 1991. [2]

Coaching career

Opelousas High School (1991–1996)

From 1992 to 1996, Lee was head coach at Opelousas High School in Opelousas, Louisiana. In five seasons, Lee had a cumulative 109–29 record. [2]

Louisiana–Lafayette assistant and head coach (1996–2010)

From 1996 to 2004, Lee was an assistant coach at Louisiana–Lafayette under Marty Fletcher and Jessie Evans. [2] During those years, Louisiana–Lafayette won the Sun Belt tournament in 2000 with an automatic qualification to the NCAA tournament, along with two NIT appearances and two Sun Belt West Division championships in 2002 and 2003. [1]

On August 17, 2004, Lee was promoted to head coach. [2] This followed the firing of Glynn Cyprien over resume issues. [4]

In six seasons as head coach, Lee had a cumulative 80–100 record. [5] Although Louisiana–Lafayette finished 2004–05 with a 20–11 record, Sun Belt Tournament title, and NCAA Tournament appearance, the NCAA vacated 17 wins, the conference title, and postseason appearance from that season due to the academic ineligibility of Orien Greene. [6] [5] [7] Due to resulting NCAA sanctions combined with a low Academic Progress Rate score after his second season, Lee could offer only a reduced number of scholarships beginning in 2007–08. [8] Despite these sanctions and having one of the youngest rosters in the Sun Belt, the team won the Sun Belt West Division co-championship in 2008 with a 15–15 (11–7 Sun Belt) record, which would be the best single-season winning percentage in Lee's tenure. [5] [9] [10]

In his final season, Louisiana–Lafayette finished 13–17 (10–8 Sun Belt). [5] [10] On March 9, 2010, following a loss to Louisiana–Monroe in the first round of the Sun Belt Tournament, Louisiana–Lafayette announced that Lee's contract would not be renewed. [8]

Return to assistant coaching (2010–2014)

After leaving Louisiana–Lafayette, Lee was an assistant at in-state Sun Belt rival Louisiana–Monroe under Keith Richard in the 2010–11 season. [11] Again in the Sun Belt, Lee was an assistant at Arkansas–Little Rock under Steve Shields from 2011 to 2014. [11] [12]

Morgan City High School (2015–2016)

After a year away from basketball, in the summer of 2015, Lee became head coach at Morgan City High School in Morgan City, Louisiana. [11] He left after one season with a 12–18 record. [13]

Head coaching record

College

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns (Sun Belt Conference)(2004–2010)
2004–05 Louisiana–Lafayette 3–100–46th (West)
2005–06 Louisiana–Lafayette 13–167–8T–2nd (West)
2006–07 Louisiana–Lafayette 9–217–116th (West)
2007–08 Louisiana–Lafayette 15–1511–7T–1st (West)
2008–09 Louisiana–Lafayette 10–207–114th (West)
2009–10 Louisiana–Lafayette 13–1710–8T–3rd (West)
Louisiana–Lafayette:63–9942–49
Total:63–99

      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

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References

  1. 1 2 "Robert Lee" (PDF), 2009-10 Louisiana Men's Basketball Media Guide, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, pp. 38–39, 2009, retrieved June 30, 2019
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Robert Lee". RaginCajuns.com. University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Archived from the original on July 17, 2006. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Robert Lee College Stats".
  4. ↑ Baldwin, Mike (July 17, 2004). "Ex-OSU coach fired for resume mistake". The Oklahoman. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Robert Lee Coaching Record".
  6. ↑ "Legislative Services Database - LSDBi".
  7. ↑ "UL's last NCAA appearance was memorable". The Daily Advertiser. Lafayette, LA. March 21, 2014. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
  8. 1 2 Parrott, Joshua. "UL cuts ties with Lee". The Daily Advertiser. Lafayette, LA. Archived from the original on March 12, 2010. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  9. ↑ "2007-08 Sun Belt Conference Season Summary".
  10. 1 2 "Lee leaves with high hopes for program". The Daily Advertiser. Lafayette, LA. March 10, 2010. Archived from the original on March 12, 2010. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  11. 1 2 3 Weathers, William (August 4, 2015). "Former UL-Lafayette coach Robert Lee returns to high school ranks at Morgan City". Acadiana Advocate. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
  12. ↑ "Robert Lee". UALRTrojans.com. University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Archived from the original on April 23, 2013. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  13. ↑ "Teams - Morgan City Tigers Basketball (Morgan City, LA)".
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