Todd Lee

Todd Lee is an American college basketball coach, and current head coach of the South Dakota Coyotes men's basketball team.[1]

Todd Lee
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamSouth Dakota
ConferenceSummit League
Record37–35 (.514)
Biographical details
BornHuron, South Dakota
Alma materSouth Dakota
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1986–1989Southwestern CC (assistant)
1989–1992San Diego (assistant)
1992–1994Rapid City Thrillers (assistant)
1994–1997Cal State Bakersfield (assistant)
1997–2005UC Irvine (assistant)
2005–2013Kentucky Wesleyan
2013–2018Grand Canyon (assistant)
2018–presentSouth Dakota
Head coaching record
Overall191–116 (.622)

Coaching career

After graduating from South Dakota in 1986, Lee's first coaching job was as an assistant coach at Southwestern College in California where he stayed until 1989 when he joined Hank Egan's staff at San Diego from 1989 to 1992. Lee then headed to the professional ranks for two seasons as an assistant coach for the Rapid City Thrillers of the CBA under Eric Musselman.[2]

Lee returned to college coaching as an assistant coach under Pat Douglass at Cal State Bakersfield where he was on staff for the Roadrunners 1997 NCAA Division II national title winning squad.[3] Lee followed Douglass to UC Irvine as an assistant coach and was on staff until 2005 when he accepted the head coaching position at Kentucky Wesleyan.[1] in eight seasons coaching the Panthers, Lee guided the team to a 154-81 overall record, and five NCAA Division II tournament appearances.[4] In 2013, Lee joined Dan Majerle's staff at Grand Canyon as the team transitioned to Division I.[2]

On April 4, 2018 Lee was named the 19th head coach in South Dakota history, replacing Craig Smith, who departed for the Utah State head coaching position.[5]

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Kentucky Wesleyan (GLVC) (2005–2013)
2005–06 Kentucky Wesleyan 7–194–1512th
2006–07 Kentucky Wesleyan 13–146–1312thNCAA Div. II First Round
2007–08 Kentucky Wesleyan 24–814–53rdNCAA Div. II First Round
2008–09 Kentucky Wesleyan 19–911–75thNCAA Div. II First Round
2009–10 Kentucky Wesleyan 29–516–21stNCAA Div. II First Round
2010–11 Kentucky Wesleyan 19–1010–85thNCAA Div. II First Round
2011–12 Kentucky Wesleyan 23–812–66thNCAA Div. II Regional Final
2012–13 Kentucky Wesleyan 20–811–77th
Kentucky Wesleyan: 154–81 (.655)84–63 (.571)
South Dakota Coyotes (Summit League) (2018–present)
2018–19 South Dakota 13–177–9T–5th
2019–20 South Dakota 20–1210–63rd
2020–21 South Dakota 4–62–0
South Dakota: 37–35 (.514)19–15 (.559)
Total:191–116 (.622)

      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

References
  1. "South Dakota names Lee men's basketball coach - University of South Dakota". University of South Dakota.
  2. "Grand Canyon University Athletics". www.gculopes.com.
  3. NAJARIAN, ARA (17 December 1997). "Seniors Lead Bakersfield to Title" – via LA Times.
  4. "Todd Lee leaving Kentucky Wesleyan for Grand Canyon". Kentucky Wesleyan College.
  5. "University of South Dakota hires Todd Lee as next men's basketball coach".


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