Angie Lee (born 1962 or 1963) is the director of student affairs at the

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since 2016. Before working at Wisconsin-La Crosse, Lee was an assistant coach with the

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from 1987 to 1988 and a scout for the Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team from 1988 to 1995. Lee was promoted to head coach for Iowa in 1995 and was the 1996 Associated Press College Women's Basketball Coach of the Year. Upon her departure from Iowa in 2000, Lee was an assistant coach on the

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team from 2000 until she ended her coaching career in 2004.

Early life and education

In 1963, Lee was born in

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with six siblings and played volleyball alongside basketball in high school. She continued to play basketball as a member of the Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team during her post-secondary education. At Iowa, she graduated with a

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in 1984 and a

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specializing in

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in 1987.

Career

Lee began her sports career as an assistant basketball coach for the

from 1987 to 1988. After leaving Western Illinois, she continued her assistant coaching tenure as a scout for the Iowa Hawkeyes from 1988 to 1995. When head coach

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left Iowa in 1995, Lee was the Hawkeye's interim head coach in July 1995 before her promotion to head coach in August 1996. While with Iowa, Lee and her team reached the Sweet Sixteen during the

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. The following year, her team won the

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. While at Iowa, Lee worked for

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as an assistant coach. With the American women's basketball team, Lee was one of the assistant coaches during the 1998

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. In 2000, Lee stepped down from her coaching position at Iowa. Upon ending her coaching tenure, Lee had 84 wins and 60 losses with Iowa. That year, Lee was selected to work in athletic fundraising at the

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. During June 2000, Lee became an assistant basketball coach for the

team. When Lee ended her coaching career with Virginia Tech in 2004, she held multiple jobs including truck unloading and pet sitting. That year, Lee returned to academics to work in

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and student affairs at the

. In 2016, she became the director of student affairs for Wisconsin-La Crosse.

Awards and honors

In 1996, Lee received the

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and the Associated Press College Women's Basketball Coach of the Year while with Iowa.

References

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