It took just 20 seconds for Monte Lee to tell the hundred or so people packed into the WestZone team meeting room on Monday how he felt about being named Clemson’s new head baseball coach.
“This is a dream job of mine,” he said during his formal introduction as the Tigers’ new coach. “I don’t know if I can even put into words how excited I am about this opportunity for my family, for my friends and for myself. I’m extremely excited about it.”
The excitement comes from Lee being a true South Carolinian. He was born in Spartanburg, raised in Lugoff, attended and played for the College of Charleston, was an assistant coach at the University of South Carolina and then returned to Charleston as a head coach.