Lees was recruited by Kevin Kalish to become Academy Director at North America's St Louis City SC in 2015. Lees coached the u17 and u19 USA Development Programme and was also First Team coach. In the club announcement, President Kevin Kalish said “Our club staff visited Liverpool's academy in England and in Tim, we have found one of the very best youth developers in the world. He will help lead our pursuit in becoming the number one club in the country.” The club went on to produce several Youth Internationals, homegrown MLS players and won their first US National Championship in 2017.
Lees returned to England in 2020 and became First Team Coach at Warrington Rylands, owned by Wayne Rooney's agent Paul Stretford, winning back-to-back promotions and the FA Vase at Wembley Stadium.
In 2023, he was named as Assistant Manager at Bury, where the club achieved promotion as England’s highest scoring club across all divisions for the 2024/25 season.
Other career
Lees played for England semi-professional Budweiser team at the FIFA 2006 World Cup finals in Germany, selected and managed by Jamie Redknapp.[2][9] He was later chosen to represent Great Britain in the Channel 4 2006 TV series The Pepsi Max World Challenge, chosen from a pool of 17,000 entrants and open to players not signed to professional football clubs.[2] The series had a $100,000 prize for the winning country and involved David Beckham, Ronaldinho, Thierry Henry, Carlos Puyol, Roberto Carlos and Alessandro Nesta. The show, presented and narrated by Vernon Kay, took place in Rio De Janeiro, Milan, London, Madrid and Cairo. Lees has also directed and choreographed several football commercials and advertisements.
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