JORDAN LEE HAS BEEN NAMED THE NEW HEAD MEN’S BASKETBALL COACH AT OHLONE COLLEGE.  COACH LEE IS TAKING THIS POSITION AFTER SPENDING TWO YEARS AT NCAA DIVISION I UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE. WHILE WITH THE HIGHLANDERS, LEE HELPED LEAD UC RIVERSIDE TO TWO MARQUEE WINS OVER PAC-12 OPPONENTS AND THEIR BEST RECORD IN SCHOOL HISTORY IN 2020-21. 

PRIOR TO UC RIVERSIDE, COACH LEE SPENT THREE YEARS AS AN ASSISTANT COACH AT NCAA DIVISION II CAL STATE EAST BAY IN HAYWARD, CA. AT EAST BAY, LEE HELPED LEAD THE PIONEERS TO A 49-39 THREE-YEAR RECORD, INCLUDING A 2018-19 CAMPAIGN THAT MARKED A 22-8 RECORD AND A FIRST-EVER APPEARANCE IN THE CCAA TOURNAMENT.  

BEFORE CAL STATE EAST BAY, LEE COACHED AS AN ASSISTANT COACH AT COLLEGE OF ALAMEDA FOR THREE YEARS WHILE ALSO COACHING WITH THE ALAMEDA VIPERS BASKETBALL CLUB. HE HAS PLAYED THREE SEASONS PROFESSIONALLY IN HONG KONG IN THE HKBA AND ABL. HE HAS PARTNERED WITH NIKE, ADIDAS, AND THE HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS TO RUN BASKETBALL CAMPS AND CLINICS WORLDWIDE.

 A NATIVE OF THE EAST BAY, JORDAN LEE WAS BORN IN OAKLAND, CA AND GREW UP IN ALAMEDA, GRADUATING FROM ALAMEDA HIGH SCHOOL IN 2008. HE WENT ON TO GRADUATE FROM UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE WITH A DEGREE IN PUBLIC POLICY IN 2013 AND OBTAINED HIS MASTER’S DEGREE IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND EXERCISE SCIENCE FROM AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY IN 2019. HE RESIDES IN FREMONT.

 “IT’S A RARE AND SPECIAL HONOR TO BE ABLE TO COACH AT OHLONE COLLEGE, AT A SCHOOL WITH SUCH A PRESTIGIOUS ACADEMIC AND ATHLETIC BACKGROUND,” LEE SAID. “IT’S A DREAM COME TRUE TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO BUILDING A PROGRAM THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN BE PROUD OF.”

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