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Interview w/ Coach CJ Lee (Director of Basketball Operations at UNCG)
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Coach CJ Lee shares his coaching journey and how his decision to transfer from a scholarship student-athlete at Manhattan College to a walk-on at Michigan has impacted his life.
Lee was a standout high school player who was a member of Manhattan's team that won the MAAC Regular Season Championship and knocked off FDU and Maryland in the NIT. When he transferred to Michigan he sat out due to the NCAA transfer rules during Coach Tommy Amaker's final season in Ann Arbor, he earned a scholarship from Coach John Beilein and was a co-captain during his senior season at Michigan.
After exhausting his NCAA eligibility he joined the coaching staff as their Administrative Specialist, and then promoted to their Director of Program Personnel. Coach Lee was a part of the coaching staff that took Michigan to multiple NCAA Tournaments including the NCAA Championship in 2013.
Mike Maker hired CJ to be an Assistant Coach on his inaugural coaching staff at Marist. Coach Lee was tasked with staying on at Marist until they hired a new Head Coach when they did not retain Coach Maker. CJ's wife accepted a position as an Assistant Professor at UNCG so he put his college coaching ambitions aside for her and accepted the Head Coach position at Wesleyan Christian Academy in High Point North Carolina. He won over 40 games at WCA and when the Director of Basketball Operations job opened up at UNCG he applied and was hired in August of 2022.
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