Larry Lee (baseball) explained

Larry Lee
Current Title:Head coach
Current Team:Cal Poly
Current Conference:Big West
Birth Date:12 December 1959
Birth Place:San Luis Obispo, California, U.S.
Player Years1:1980
Player Team1:Santa Barbara CC
Player Years2:1981
Player Team2:Orange Coast
Player Years3:1982–1983
Player Team3:Pepperdine
Player Positions:Second baseman
Third baseman
Coach Years1:1984–1985
Coach Team1:Cuesta (asst.)
Coach Years2:1986
Coach Team2:Cal Poly (asst.)
Coach Years3:1987–2002
Coach Team3:Cuesta
Coach Years4:2003–present
Coach Team4:Cal Poly
Overall Record: (junior college)
(NCAA)
Tournament Record:NCAA: 3–6
Championships:
  • WSC (1990, 1991, 1994)
  • 6× WSC North Division (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002)
  • Big West (2014)
Awards:
  • 8× WSC Coach of the Year (1990, 1994, 1997–2002)
  • Big West Coach of the Year (2014)

Larry Patrick Lee (born December 12, 1959) is an American college baseball coach, currently serving as the head coach of the Cal Poly Mustangs baseball team. He began this job prior to the 2003 season.[1]

Playing career

After graduating from San Luis Obispo High School in 1979, Lee played at two junior colleges, Santa Barbara City College in 1980 and Orange Coast College and 1981, before using his final two years of eligibility at Pepperdine.[2] He then played briefly as a professional, appearing with the Class-A Utica Blue Sox in 1983.[3]

Coaching career

Lee coached for sixteen years at Cuesta College, a community college in San Luis Obispo, California. He was named head coach at Cal Poly, also in San Luis Obispo, to replace Ritch Price, the school's first Division I coach, with the official announcement of his introduction taking place on July 22, 2002.[4]

Lee built on Price's success with the Mustangs, earning the school's first invitation to the NCAA tournament in 2009. As of 2023, he has coached 13 All-Americans and 79 players who would later sign professional contracts.

Personal life

Lee and his wife, Liz, have a son and a daughter together. Their son, Brooks, played on the Cal Poly baseball team and was a first-round selection in the 2022 Major League Baseball draft.[5]

Head coaching record

CCCAA

The table below shows Lee's record as a junior college head coach.[6]

NCAA

The table below shows Lee's record as a head coach at the NCAA Division I level.[7] [8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Baseball Coaching Staff. gopoly.com. May 12, 2018.
  2. News: Hastings . Jon . June 14, 1986 . Cuesta hires Lee as new field general . 1B . San Luis Obispo Telegram-Tribune.
  3. Web site: Larry Lee. baseball-reference. May 12, 2018.
  4. News: Milne . Brian . July 23, 2002 . Poly Has a New Leeder . C1 . The San Luis Obispo Tribune.
  5. Web site: Father and son leading Cal Poly Baseball to elite level. Dusty. Baker. March 19, 2021. KSBY.
  6. Web site: Western State Conference Baseball Standings 1981-2013. Western State Conference. May 12, 2018.
  7. Web site: NCAA Statistics.
  8. http://www.bigwest.org/sports/baseball/info/records.pdf Big West 2017 Record Book