(San Francisco) – USF head men's basketball coach
Rex Walters has added former Kansas standout Michael Lee as an
assistant coach. Lee spent the last two seasons as an assistant at
Gardner-Webb after spending the 2007-08 campaign as the graduate
student manager at Kansas.
"Michael Lee will be a great addition to the staff,"
Walters said. "Coach Lee is someone I have known for a long
time from our time at Kansas and I have continued to follow him as
a professional player and then as an assistant coach at
Gardner-Webb. Coach Lee adds instant credibility with our
student-athletes in terms of player development and from the team
success that he experienced at Kansas. We are excited that Michael
decided to join us at USF and I am confident he will do a great job
recruiting, coaching and working in the community."
Lee becomes the third member of the coaching staff with
Jayhawk pedigrees, joining Walters and assistant coach Justin
Bauman.
"It is a privilege to work under Coach Walters," Lee
said. "He is truly a competitor as am I and this decision was
a no-brainer for me. I'm honored to be at USF."
Lee played at KU from 2002-05 and helped the Jayhawks reach
back-to-back Final-Fours (2002-03) and later served on the
Jayhawks' national championship staff in 2008. During his
playing career, Lee appeared in 118 career games and was an
Academic All-Big 12 Second Team selection his senior season. The
Oregonian graduated from Kansas with a bachelor's degree in
sociology in 2005.
After concluding his playing career in Lawrence, Lee played
professional basketball from 2005-07, including stints with the
Harlem Globetrotters, Entente Orleans in Orleans, France, the IBL's
Vancouver Volcanoes and the USBL's Kansas Cagerz in Salina,
Kansas.
