Lee Buchanan | |
Birth Date: | 9 March 1961 |
Coach Years1: | 1986–1998 |
Coach Team1: | Brescia |
Coach Years2: | 1998–2002 |
Coach Team2: | Francis Marion |
Coach Years3: | 2002–2003 |
Coach Team3: | Southern Mississippi (asst.) |
Coach Years4: | 2003–2007 |
Coach Team4: | UMSL |
Coach Years5: | 2007–2012 |
Coach Team5: | Eastern Illinois (asst.) |
Coach Years6: | 2012–2013 |
Coach Team6: | Eastern Illinois |
Coach Years7: | 2013–2020 |
Coach Team7: | LaGrange |
Lee Buchanan (born March 9, 1961) is an American college basketball coach.[1]
He is the former women's head coach at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.[2] After leading his team to the Eastern Division title of the Ohio Valley Conference and an invitation to play in the WNIT in his first season at EIU, on April 15, 2013, Buchanan suddenly announced his resignation to "pursue other professional opportunities" and to spend more time with his family.[3]
On August 21, 2023, Buchanan was hired as the new women's basketball head coach at LaGrange College, a position he held until the end of the 2019–20 season.[4]