He began his coaching career as an assistant (2001-02) at Spartanburg Methodist College.
Lee also coached Justin Smoak, who set school records for home runs (62), RBI (207), walks (151) and total bases (485). The Gamecocks won an SEC East Division championship in 2003, going 19-11 in league play. The 2004 team won 53 games, including the 2004 SEC Tournament, going a perfect 4-0 in Hoover.
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Lee helped the Gamecocks to the NCAA Regional all six years as an assistant, including College World Series appearances in 20 and Super Regional berths his four of his first five seasons. Lee is no stranger to Columbia, as he was an assistant coach with the Gamecocks under Ray Tanner from 2003-08. The 2015 team was ranked in the top-25 for much of the season and finished 20 th in the final USA Today Coaches’ Poll. He also led the Cougars to NCAA appearances in 20. The College of Charleston advanced to the Lubbock Super Regional in 2014 after winning the Gainesville Regional. Lee won 200 games at College of Charleston faster than any coach in school history. In his seven years at College of Charleston, Lee coached four conference players-of-the-year, two conference pitchers-of-the-year and two conference freshmen-of-the-year. Prior to his time at Clemson, Lee was the head coach of the College of Charleston from 2009-15, guiding the Cougars to a 276-145 overall record. “I am super excited to come back to Columbia and help Coach Kingston, the staff, and most importantly the players in our pursuit to get back to Omaha,” Lee said. Lee’s first five teams at Clemson all received perfect 1,000 APR scores. The Tigers then won 42 games in 2017, hosting a regional for the second-straight season. Clemson won the 2016 ACC Tournament, going 4-0 in Durham, N.C., helping the Tigers to a No. He coached Max Wagner, a Dick Howser Trophy finalist and ACC Player of the Year, in 2022. Lee coached nine All-Americans, including at least one All-American in six of his seven seasons, and had 34 players drafted a total of 38 times at Clemson. Lee, who has had 19 winning seasons in his 20 years as a full-time NCAA coach, most recently was the head coach at Clemson University for seven seasons (2016-22), garnering a 242-136 overall record and leading the Tigers to four NCAA Tournament berths.
I look forward to many great days ahead.” I have respected his work for a long time, and welcome his passion, experience, and knowledge to our team. We admire his decision to meet the needs of his family and wish them well moving forward. We are fortunate that Monte is available to return to the Gamecock family. “His work has set us up to be very successful as we move forward.
“I would like to thank Chad for being everything we hoped he would be,” Kingston said. Lee, who was an assistant coach for the Gamecocks from 2003-08, replaces Chad Caillet, who stepped away from the program due to personal and family reasons. COLUMBIA – University of South Carolina baseball coach Mark Kingston has announced the hiring of Monte Lee as associate head coach/recruiting coordinator for the program.
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