Angie Lee
{{Short description|American university administrator}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Angie Lee
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_date = 1962 or 1963
| birth_place = Paxton, Illinois, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| player_years1 =
| player_team1 = Iowa Hawkeyes
| player_positions =
| coach_years1 = 1987–1988
| coach_team1 = Western Illinois (asst.)
| coach_years2 = 1988–1995
| coach_team2 = Iowa (scout)
| coach_years3 = 1995–2000
| coach_team3 = Iowa
| coach_years4 = 2000–2004
| coach_team4 = Virginia Tech (asst.)
| awards = AP Coach of the Year (1996)
}}
Angie Lee (born 1962 or 1963) is the director of student affairs at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse since 2016. Before working at Wisconsin-La Crosse, Lee was an assistant coach with the Western Illinois Leathernecks women's basketball from 1987 to 1988 and a scout for the Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team from 1988 to 1995. Lee was promoted to head coach for Iowa in 1995 and was the 1996 Associated Press College Women's Basketball Coach of the Year. Upon her departure from Iowa in 2000, Lee was an assistant coach on the Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball team from 2000 until she ended her coaching career in 2004.
Early life and education
In the early 1960s, Lee was born in Paxton, Illinois with six siblings and played volleyball alongside basketball in high school. She continued to play basketball as a member of the Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team during her post-secondary education.{{cite news |last1=Brumleve |first1=Will |title=Angie Lee loved 'teaching the game of life' |url=https://www.fordcountyrecord.com/news/angie-lee-loved-teaching-the-game-of-life/article_d63cdff9-ffc1-5c2b-99ae-6f38e8510bf1.html |accessdate=7 April 2019 |work=Ford County Record |date=29 April 2015}} At Iowa, she graduated with a Bachelor of Science in 1984 and a master's degree specializing in sports administration in 1987.{{cite book |last1=Skaine |first1=Rosemarie |title=Women College Basketball Coaches |date=2001 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9780786409204 |page=125 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HMj-CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA173 |accessdate=7 April 2019}}
Career
Lee began her sports career as an assistant basketball coach for the Western Illinois Leathernecks women's basketball from 1987 to 1988. After leaving Western Illinois, she continued her assistant coaching tenure as a scout for the Iowa Hawkeyes from 1988 to 1995.{{cite news |last1=Evans |first1=Tim |title=Angie Lee: True to her roots |url=https://www.fordcountyrecord.com/news/angie-lee-true-to-her-roots/article_034901e8-e896-569b-8a19-100663f5dfd4.html |accessdate=7 April 2019 |work=Ford County Record |date=23 March 2016}} When head coach Vivian Stringer left Iowa in 1995, Lee was the Hawkeye's interim head coach in July 1995 before her promotion to head coach in August 1996.{{cite news |title=Iowa Hopes It Has 2nd Stringer |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1995-08-15-9508150120-story.html |accessdate=8 April 2019 |work=Chicago Tribune |date=15 August 1996}} While with Iowa, Lee and her team reached the Sweet Sixteen during the 1996 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.{{cite news |last1=Kee |first1=Lorraine |title='Real Deal' Wheels Vanderbilt To 74-63 Triumph Over Iowa |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |date=March 24, 1996 |page=4F}}{{cite news |title=1996 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament |work=Daily Press |date=March 25, 1996 |location=Newport News, Virginia |page=D4}} The following year, her team won the Big Ten women's basketball tournament.{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Dan |title=Iowa upbeat about 1997-98 |work=The Des Moines Register |date=March 23, 1997 |page=10D}} While at Iowa, Lee worked for USA Basketball as an assistant coach. With the American women's basketball team, Lee was one of the assistant coaches during the 1998 R. William Jones Cup.{{cite web |title=1998 Women's R. William Jones Cup |url=https://www.usab.com/history/additional-usa-basketball-history/r-williams-jones-cup-team/1998-womens-r-william-jones-cup.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907023409/http://www.usab.com/history/additional-usa-basketball-history/r-williams-jones-cup-team/1998-womens-r-william-jones-cup.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 7, 2015 |website=USA Basketball |access-date=March 19, 2023 |date=June 10, 2010}}
In 2000, Lee stepped down from her coaching position at Iowa.{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Dan |title=Ultimate sacrifice |work=The Des Moines Register |date=February 29, 2000 |page=1C}} Upon ending her coaching tenure, Lee had 84 wins and 60 losses with Iowa. That year, Lee was selected to work in athletic fundraising at the University of Denver.{{cite web |title=Angie Lee to Join Pioneers Athletics Staff |url=https://denverpioneers.com/news/2000/6/15/Angie_Lee_to_Join_Pioneers_Athletics_Staff.aspx |website=University of Denver Athletics |accessdate=7 April 2019 |date=15 June 2000}} During June 2000, Lee became an assistant basketball coach for the Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball team.{{cite news |title=Angie Lee returns to coaching at Virginia Tech |url=https://wcfcourier.com/angie-lee-returns-to-coaching-at-virginia-tech/article_b01b254b-92e9-5675-acb3-29be5de22476.html |accessdate=7 April 2019 |work=Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier |date=25 May 2001}}
When Lee ended her coaching career with Virginia Tech in 2004, she held multiple jobs including truck unloading and pet sitting. That year, Lee returned to academics to work in university admission and student affairs at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. In 2016, she became the director of student affairs for Wisconsin-La Crosse.{{cite news |last1=Geyer |first1=Allison |title=Former Big Ten coach of the year Angie Lee helps struggling students |url=https://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/former-big-ten-coach-of-the-year-angie-lee-helps/article_381e186b-0cfc-5459-8730-33f3290428bb.html |accessdate=7 April 2019 |work=La Crosse Tribune |date=21 April 2014}}{{cite news |last1=Brown |first1=Jeff |title=Coach Pat Summitt had impact on many, including UW-L's Lee |url=https://lacrossetribune.com/sports/local/coach-pat-summitt-had-impact-on-many-including-uw-l/article_643105e3-9bd2-5c71-ad85-7d15d5112834.html |accessdate=8 April 2019 |date=30 June 2016}}
Head coaching record
{{CBB yearly record start | type =Coach | conference = | postseason= }}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead | name =Iowa Hawkeyes | conference=Big Ten Conference | startyear = 1995| endyear =2000}}
{{CBB yearly record entry| championship =conference | season =1995–96| name =Iowa| overall =27–4| conference =15–1 |confstanding =1st| postseason =NCAA Division I Sweet Sixteen}}
{{CBB yearly record entry| championship =conference tournament | season =1996–97| name = Iowa| overall =18–12| conference =9–7 |confstanding =T–4th| postseason =NCAA Division I Second Round}}
{{CBB yearly record entry| championship =conference | season =1997–98| name =Iowa| overall =18–11| conference =13–3 |confstanding =1st| postseason =NCAA Division I Second Round}}
{{CBB yearly record entry| championship =| season =1998–99| name = Iowa | overall =12–15| conference =7–9 |confstanding =8th| postseason =}}
{{CBB yearly record entry| championship =| season =1999–00| name = Iowa | overall =9–18| conference =6–10 |confstanding =7th| postseason =}}
{{CBB yearly record subtotal| name =Iowa | overall ={{winpct|84|60|record=y}}| confrecord ={{winpct|50|30|record=y}}}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
| overall = {{Winning percentage|84|60|record=y}}
}}
Awards and honors
In 1996, Lee received the Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Coach of the Year and the Associated Press College Women's Basketball Coach of the Year while with Iowa.{{cite news |last1=Burns |first1=Jane |title=Iowa's Lee earns Big Ten accolade |work=The Des Moines Register |date=February 27, 1996 |page=1S}}{{cite news |title=Lee honored for season |work=Ottumwa Courier |date=29 March 1996 |page=9}}
References
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{{Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball coach navbox}}
{{Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Coach of the Year navbox}}
{{Associated Press Women's College Basketball Coach of the Year}}
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