American basketball player and coach
Charles Lee
(born November 11, 1984) is an American professional
basketball
coach and former player who serves as an assistant coach for the
Boston Celtics
of the
National Basketball Association
(NBA). He will continue to coach with the Celtics until the conclusion of their season in the
2024 NBA Playoffs
, after which he will become the head coach for the
Charlotte Hornets
. A 6'3" guard from
Bucknell University
, he spent most of his professional career in Israel and Europe.
College career
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The 2006
Patriot League
Player of the Year, Lee helped guide Bucknell to two straight Patriot League Championships and two straight
NCAA tournament
second-round appearances. In four seasons with the Bison, he earned First Team All-Patriot League honors twice (2004, 2005) and Second Team All-Patriot League honors once (2003). He finished his career at Bucknell with 1,147 career points (11.0 ppg), 568 rebounds (5.5 rpg) and 167 steals (1.61 spg).
[1]
Lee enrolled at Bucknell a year before the school started offering
athletic scholarships
, and never received anything more than partial financial aid.
[2]
The New York Times
called him "[one of] college basketball's best nonscholarship players".
[3]
At Bucknell, Lee majored in business.
[2]
Professional career
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After graduating from Bucknell in 2006, Lee played with the
San Antonio Spurs
during the NBA's summer league and pre-season, but he did not make the regular season roster. He has since played for
Hapoel Gilboa/Afula
in Israel,
[1]
[4]
Verviers-Pepinster
in Belgium and
MEG Goettingen
and
Artland Dragons
in Germany.
[5]
Coaching career
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Assistant coach (2012?2024)
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On June 25, 2012, Bucknell announced that Lee was returning to his alma mater as an assistant men's basketball coach.
On August 20, 2014, the
Atlanta Hawks
announced that Lee had been hired as an assistant coach on head coach
Mike Budenholzer
’s staff.
[6]
After Budenholzer parted ways with the Hawks and became the head coach of the
Milwaukee Bucks
, Lee would move to Milwaukee and join Budenholzer’s staff as an assistant coach in 2018.
[7]
[8]
After the departure of top assistant coach
Darvin Ham
to the
Los Angeles Lakers
in 2022, Lee would ascend to become the associate head coach of the Bucks.
[9]
On June 11, 2023, it was reported that Lee would be hired by the
Boston Celtics
as their top assistant coach.
Charlotte Hornets (2024?present)
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On May 9, 2024, Lee was hired to be the new head coach of the
Charlotte Hornets
.
[10]
Personal life
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Lee is married to his college sweetheart Lindsey and have three children together (Corinne, Vivian and Josephine). Both attended and played basketball at Bucknell.
References
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a
b
Bucknell Alum Charles Lee Signs with Israeli First Division Team
Archived
July 8, 2011, at the
Wayback Machine
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a
b
Lee gets grades, not scholarship checks
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No Free Ride for Lee, Just the Ride of His Life
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Israeli League, Game 19: April 19, 2007
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Eurobasket.com Profile
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Atlanta Hawks Add Charles Lee and Ben Sullivan to Coaching Staff
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"Bucks Name Assistant Coaching Staff"
.
NBA.com
. June 7, 2018.
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"Milwaukee Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer fills staff with ex-Hawks"
.
NBA.com
. June 7, 2018.
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"Milwaukee Bucks Announce Coaching Staff Updates"
.
NBA.com
. August 2, 2022.
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"Charlotte Hornets Name Charles Lee Head Coach"
.
NBA.com
. May 9, 2024
. Retrieved
May 9,
2024
.
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