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Lee University Athletics
 PO Box 3450 1120 North Ocoee Street Cleveland, TN 37320
Division 2 Tennessee Southeast
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Lee Hughes

Coach Hughes is beginning his first season as head coach of the Lady Flames. Before accepting the Lee position, he had served as an assistant under Texas University Longhorn's women's head soccer Angela Kelly since 2021.

While at Texas, Coach Hughes, a native of Old Colwyn, Wales, helped direct the teams to the Big 12 Regular-Season Championship in 2022 and Tournament Championship in 2023. The club made three NCAA appearances, and one Sweet-16 appearance. Individually, Hughes coached three All-Americans, three Big 12 Attacking Players, and one Big 12 Defensive Player of Year.


Coach Hughes continued his career as an assistant coach at the University of Alabama-Birmingham (UAB) from 2017-21 and was also the Region 3 Olympic Development Program lead coach. He was an assistant coach with Indiana State University from 2016-2017 and a volunteer assistant with the University of Iowa from 2015-16.

The new leader of the Lady Flames earned a master's degree in Exercise Physiology from UAB in 2019. He graduated from Ashford University (Iowa) in 2014, where he played and was a team captain. Hughes helped guide the Saints to the 2013 NAIA Final Four and the 2014 NAIA Sweet 16.

He also excelled in his studies and was named a 2014 NAIA Academic All-American and the Scholar Athlete of the Year. While in Wales, Hughes played for Llandudno FC and Conwy United of the Cymru Alliance.


Hughes and his wife Morgan have a daughter, Hazel, who was born on July 25th, and immediately became a member of the Lady Flames’ team.

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