User:Paulmcdonald/Don Lee (college football)

Don Lee is a college football player and coach in the United States. He is the second African American head coach in the NAIA Mid-South Conference and is a recipient of a National Football League minority coach fellowship. One sportswriter stated that his teams "always has an exciting team on the field and score lots of point(s)."

Assistant coaching
Lee's coaching career began with Momence High School in Momence, Illinois where he served as outside linebackers coach for the school. His next move was Middle Georgia College as the defensive ends coach from 1995-1997. At Middle Georgia, the defense was ranked seventh in the NJCAA in total defense during the 1995 season.

Lee entered the collegiate coaching ranks as defensive Line Coach at Southwest Baptist University from 1997 until 2001, and in 2002 moved to be the linebackers coach at Cumberland College in Kentucky. His next move was to become an assistant coach at Belhaven, where he would later become the head coach.

Belhaven College
Lee is the current head college football coach for the Belhaven College Blazers located in Jackson, Mississippi. Lee has held that position since the 2006 season and is the fourth football coach at the school. His coaching record at Belhaven was 11 wins, 11 losses, and 0 ties. As of the conclusion of the 2007 season, this ranks him third at Belhaven in total wins and second at Belhaven in winning percentage (0.500). The team won the Mid-South Conference West Division title in the process.

After several years as an assistant coach, Lee began his tenure at Belhaven by producing only the second winning season in the history of the school's football program in 2006. The season's success was assited by 2006 American Football Coach's Association All-America Phoenix Thompson. Lee has modified the school's approach of bringing in junior college transfer students to play and is focusing on building through new recruits. He has accented that program by bolstering a junior varsity schedule which encourages incoming freshmen to choose Belhaven through the desire of more playing time. His challenges in the 2008 season include overcoming being outscored in the fourth quarter of play. in 2007, his team Belhaven, produced a 5-6 overall record and averaged 33.7 points and allowed 37.3 per game.

Playing history
Lee played defensive end at Olivet Nazarene University from 1990 until 1993, where he also earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education in 1995