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Lee University

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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Dave Baisden

Baisden is currently in his first year as the assistant coach for the Lady Flames.He comes to Lee from Carson-Newman University where he had served as an assistant coach on the men's staff since 2018.


The Middlesbrough, England native was a highly touted student-athlete at Tennessee Wesleyan University. He was named to the NAIA Appalachian Athletic Conference All-Tournament team during the 2014-15 season before being recognized as a back-to-back first-team All-Conference player.


Baisden closed out his collegiate career as a captain for the Bulldogs during his senior season as well as winning the Stan Harrison Award for the contributions he made to the team and his overall career as a student. He was a four-year starter as a defender for the TWU side before graduating with a degree in Business Administration and General Management.


His first year with C-N saw a seventh-seed Eagles squad make their first run to the SAC Tournament semifinals since 2015. He assisted in coaching a trio of All-Conference picks that season, as well. In his second season, he worked heavily with a defender group that allowed just 1.11 goals per game with five clean sheets on the season.


"We are really excited for Dave and his wife Reagan to join the Lee family! He is a massive addition to our staff, not only a top-quality coach but a first-class human! We are thankful he decided to join our program," proclaimed Lee Head Coach Lee Hughes.


Coach Baisden currently resides in Athens, Tenn. with his wife Reagan.

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