University of South Dakota alum Todd Lee, who has garnered a national title and multiple championships throughout a prestigious coaching career, is returning to Vermillion to lead the Coyotes’ men’s basketball program.
Lee will be formally introduced at a press conference at 1 p.m. Friday in the DakotaDome Club on the USD campus.
Lee spent the past five seasons as the associate head coach at Grand Canyon University, helping the Lopes to a 103-58 record. The team’s 81 wins during its four-year transition to Division I are the most by any program that has made the leap.
Prior to his time at Grand Canyon, Lee compiled a 154-81 record and competed in five NCAA tournaments as the head coach at Kentucky Wesleyan.
Lee also has coaching stops at UC-Irvine (1997-05), CSU Bakersfield (1994-97), San Diego (1989-92) and Southwest Junior College (1986-89). He also spent two years as an assistant coach with the former Rapid City Thrillers of the Continental Basketball Association (1992-1994).
Highlights include winning the 1997 NCAA Division II National Championship with Bakersfield, serving under former NBA head coach and current Nevada head coach Eric Musselman with the Rapid City Thrillers, and winning two Big West Conference Championships with UC Irvine.
