Monte Lee Salary: Baseball coach Monte Lee has been given an extended contract at Clemson, and the Tigers hope to make successful with the softball program. A contract extension for Clemson baseball coach Monte Lee was agreed to by the Board of Trustees Compensation Committee on Thursday. For the third year in a row, the 40-year-old Lee has been given a one-year contract extension, which means he now has a six-year deal for $2.85 million.
Lee’s yearly salary remains unchanged at $450,000; in 2017-18, he will receive the same amount. The total remuneration includes the base salary as well as any additional compensation. In 2017-18, he earned $400,000, but this year’s salary is $50,000 greater than that. In 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, and 2021-22 and 2022-23, he will receive $460,000, $480,000, and $500,000, respectively. Clemson athletic director Dan Radakovich said, “We wanted to appreciate the good accomplishment that he’s had and make sure Monte stays here.” It’s clear that he enjoys spending time with us, and we’re delighted to have him.
When Lee arrived at Clemson in 2016 from the College of Charleston, the Tigers had an 86-41 overall record under him. Over his two seasons at Clemson, he has compiled an impressive 86 victories, good enough for a share of the nation’s 12th-most victories during that time period. The baseball team’s request for the creation of a new job, director of player development, was also granted by the Board of Trustees. That position will be filled Friday, and it will last until August 2018. For every 2,500 season ticket sales, Lee will be eligible for a $15,000 bonus, and he will receive an extra $15,000 bonus if season ticket sales rank in the top ten nationally.
With four wins in the ACC Tournament (maximum)
He earns $2,500, and he gets an additional $10,000 for winning the ACC Tournament. Lee would be paid $10,000 if the Tigers hosted an NCAA Regional again. $5,000 for each win in a regional, $5,000 for a Super Regional, $10,000 for each victory in a super-regional, and $10,000 each time the Tigers make it to the College World Series finals. $80,000 if the Tigers win it all. Lee will receive an additional $5,000 if the baseball team’s Academic Progress Rate rises to 965 or higher. Additionally, he has a sports membership at The Reserve Country Club and Clemson pays for a vehicle. Lee would get a contract extension if the Tigers made it to the College World Series in 2018.
Thank you for your continued support, including from Dan Radakovich, President Clements, and the Board of Trustees, Lee said in a statement. “I am extremely appreciative of the support of our administration.” After two successful seasons at Clemson, “we are eager to build on our successes in the upcoming seasons.” Lee would be owed $1.35 million in Year 1, $1.125 million in Year 2, $900,000 in Year 3, $675,000 in Year 4, $500,000 in Year 5, and $250,000 in Year 6 if the university terminated him before his contract expired without cause. Lee would owe the university $675,000 in Year 1, $562,500 in Year 2, $450,000 in Year 3, $337,500 in Year 4, $250,000 in Year 5, and $125,000 in Year 6 if he decided to leave before the end of his contract.
If the contract is terminated after the first day of the year, both the university and Lee will receive prorated buyouts. To ensure that Lee’s compensation was competitive, Radakovich said he researched the market in college baseball. Mark Kingston, the new head coach of the South Carolina Gamecocks, will earn $600,000 in his first season. It’s imperative that we keep an eye on the market. We wanted to make sure that Monte’s salary was competitive because he’s in the top half or quarter of the Atlantic Coast Conference, according to Radakovich. As a program, we need to keep hitting some benchmarks, but given the success of the first two years, we wanted to extend Lee’s contract.”
Biography
A baseball coach in the United States, Monte Wesley Lee was born on February 9th, 1977. From 1996 to 1999, he was a member of the Charleston Cougars baseball team. As the head coach of the Clemson Tigers (2016–2022) and the College of Charleston Cougars (2009–2015) The Cougars made it to four NCAA Tournaments, including one NCAA Super Regional, under Lee’s leadership at the helm of the program. Radakovich also provided an update on the progress of Clemson’s plans to begin playing softball in 2020. The first phase of the project is expected to be discussed and approved by the Board of Trustees on Friday.
Phase 1 would allow Clemson to hire an architect for a new facility; there are eight phases in total. Construction of the facility, which is expected to be completed in the next few months, is expected to be located behind Doug Kingsmore Stadium’s left field. Radakovich is currently interviewing candidates for the position of head coach, and he is optimistic about a timeline for the process. “The head coach’s position has been made public.” We’re starting to get a good number of applications. Radakovich said that he and his team will look at the pool and talk to people in the industry in the next two weeks.
A professional playing career
Lee played four seasons of baseball (1996–1999) at the College of Charleston. Lee was a.333 hitter with 22 home runs in his career as an outfielder. St. Louis Cardinals selected him as the program’s fifth major-league draftee after his senior year and he played two seasons of minor league baseball, reaching the Single-A level.
A career as a coach
Lee began his coaching career as an assistant at Spartanburg Methodist, a junior college in his hometown of Spartanburg, South Carolina, from 2001 to 2002. A single-season win record was set during Lee’s time in charge of the program. From 2003 to 2008, Lee worked as a graduate assistant at the University of South Carolina. In Lee’s six seasons as head coach, the Gamecocks made the NCAA Tournament five times and appeared in two College World Series.
College of Charleston”
Before the start of the 2009 season, Lee was hired as the head coach of the College of Charleston. His second season as head coach saw a 40-win season and his first NCAA tournament appearance for the Cougars. After beating third-seeded NC State and first-seeded Coastal Carolina in the Myrtle Beach Regional, the Cougars were eliminated in the championship round by Coastal. As a result, the team shared the Southern Conference regular season title and advanced to the NCAA tournament, where it lost 1–2. In their first season in the Colonial Athletic Association, Charleston won the conference tournament in 2014.
Clemson
Clemson hired Lee as their 28th head coach in the program’s history on June 18, 2015, making Lee the school’s third head coach since 1958. (taking over a program that ranked 8th all-time in Division I wins at the time of his hire). A year after taking over as head coach, Monte Lee led the 2016 Tigers to the ACC Baseball Tournament title game, where they defeated Florida State, the defending ACC champions, 18–13 at Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, NC. Lee’s first Clemson team won its 10th conference tournament title and 15th overall ACC championship with the victory, which gave the program its first conference title in ten years.
For the third time in as many years, Lee led Clemson to its third consecutive Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) championship, joining Bill Wilhelm (1958) and Jack Leggett (1959). (1994). (1994). As a first-year head coach at Clemson, Dan Mullen’s 44 victories in 2016 rank second all-time. The Tigers made their 41st appearance in the NCAA Tournament and earned the #7 overall national seed thanks to a strong finish to the season. It was in 2022 that Lee achieved his 500th career win. On March 29, Lee’s Tigers beat the College of Charleston to secure the win.
