Marty Lees

Marty Lees is an American college baseball coach and former player. He is an assistant coach at Oklahoma State University. Lees was the head coach of the Washington State Cougars baseball team from 2016 to 2019.

Marty Lees
Lees with Washington State in 2018
Current position
TitleAssistant coach
TeamOklahoma State
ConferenceBig 12
Biographical details
Alma materWestern Oregon University
Playing career
1989–1990Lane Community College
1991–1993Western Oregon
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1998–1999Oakridge (OR)
2000–2003Harrisburg (OR)
2002–2003Oregon State (Vol. asst.)
2005–2012Oregon State (asst.)
2013–2015Oklahoma State (asst.)
2016–2019Washington State
2020–presentOklahoma State (asst.)
Head coaching record
Overall68–133–1
TournamentsNCAA: 0–0

Playing career

Lees attended Lakeview High School in Lakeview, Oregon, where he was a member of the baseball and basketball teams. Upon graduation from Lakeview, Lees enrolled at Lane Community College, where he continued his baseball and basketball career.[1] Lees then went on to Western Oregon University, where he continued his baseball career.[2]

Coaching career

From 1998 to 1999, Lees was the head coach of Oakridge High School in Oakridge, Oregon. In 2000, Lees became the head coach for Harrisburg. Lees also coached the girl's basketball team at Harrisburg.[3] Lees joined the Oregon State Beavers baseball program in 2002[4] as a volunteer assistant, while still coaching at Harrisburg. Lees was promoted to a full-time assistant coach in 2004. Lees coached third base and instructed base runners. The Beavers won back-to-back College World Series in 2006 and 2007.[5]

On June 25, 2012, Lees left Oregon State for an associate head coaching position with the Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball program.[6] Lees helped the Cowboys to 3 straight NCAA Regional trips, including a Super Regional trip in 2014.[7]

On June 3, 2015, Lees was announced as the head coach of Washington State Cougars baseball.[8] He was fired May 21, 2019 after compiling a record of 68–133–2.[9]

In June 2019, Lees returned to Oklahoma State as an assistant.[10]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Washington State Cougars (Pac-12 Conference) (2016–2019)
2016 Washington State 17–2910–1711th
2017 Washington State 24–2910–209th
2018 Washington State 16–33–18–21–110th
2019 Washington State 11–42–13–26–111th
Washington State: 68–133–131–84–1
Total:68–133–1

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

  1. "Marty Lees". www.osubeavers.com. Oregon State University. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
  2. Steve Matthies (June 4, 2015). "Washington State hires Lakeview grad coach". www.heraldandnews.com. Herald and News. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
  3. "The Coaches" (PDF). www.osubeavers.com. Oregon State University. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
  4. Kyle Mallory (July 27, 2007). "Bailey leaves past champion for present one". www.oregonlive.com. Advance Local Media LLC. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
  5. Lindsay Schnell (May 22, 2011). "For the three youngest guys in Oregon State baseball uniforms, it's Omaha or bust". www.oregonlive.com. Advance Local Media LLC. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
  6. Lindsay Schnell (June 25, 2012). "Oregon State's Marty Lees takes assistant baseball coaching job at Oklahoma State". www.oregonlive.com. Advance Local Media LLC. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
  7. Cody Stavenhagen (June 7, 2014). "Oklahoma State baseball: How Josh Holliday is turning his dream for the Cowboys into a reality". www.newsok.com. NewsOK.com. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
  8. "Marty Lees Named Head Baseball Coach". www.wsucougars.com. Washington State University. June 3, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
  9. "Washington State fires baseball coach Marty Lees after four seasons". www.seattletimes.com. The Seattle Times. May 21, 2019. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
  10. Robert Allen (June 29, 2019). "Report that Lees is coming back to Cowboy Baseball". www.247sports.com. CBS Sports Interactive. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.