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Mr. Robert "BIg Daddy" Lee
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Home Phone: 337-988-4898 UL Assistant Basketball Coach, 1996 to 2004 when he was named Head Coach in August, 2004. Jourdan Lee gets her limo ride August 05, 2006 – CajunBlog by Dan McDonald Dan McDonald Jourdan Lee finally got to take her limousine ride Thursday afternoon. She was one of approximately a dozen students honored, and the reward was a limousine ride and lunch. But Jourdan didn�t get to take part in the excursion, since she was on a family trip with her parents during the last two days of school. Thursday afternoon, the limo came pulling up to the front doors of the Cajundome, and Jourdan, brother Trei and friends took their VIP tour of the city that included a stop at CiCi�s Pizza. �She had to read a certain number of books and then get tested on them,� Donique said. �The competition was throughout the whole school for the whole year.� Lee, who will field one of the youngest and most inexperienced teams in Cajun basketball history this winter, took time out from preseason preparations to see the group off and to bankroll the pizza stop. Originally published August 4, 2006 ROBERT LEE SELECTED TO LEAD LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE MEN’S BASKETBALL PROGRAM August 17, 2004 – LAFAYETTE – University of Louisiana at Lafayette Director of Athletics Lee, 36, is a New Roads, La., native and 1991 graduate of Nicholls State Lee’s hiring is pending approval from the University of Louisiana System Prior to arriving at Louisiana-Lafayette for the 1996-97 season, Lee He joined the Ragin’ Cajuns basketball program during the summer of 1996 Lee guided OHS to four consecutive 20-win seasons including a 29-5 mark Lee also directed the Tigers to the state quarterfinals one year earlier He began his prep coaching career in 1992-93 at OHS where he guided the During his tenure at Louisiana-Lafayette, Lee has been a part of a Before launching his coaching career at Opelousas High, Lee served for Lee was a four-year letterman at Nicholls State and served as team Lee received his bachelor’s degree in general studies from Nicholls Lee and his wife Donique are the parents of one daughter, Jordan, and — Ragin’ Cajuns — Lee takes charge of Cajuns for now April 23, 2004 Robert Lee, named the interim head coach with the Cajuns on Thursday, feels he�s ready to run the program.As any glance at network news will tell you, this is an election year. Robert Lee�s candidacy to be UL Lafayette�s next men�s head basketball coach began Thursday afternoon, shortly after Athletic Director Nelson Schexnayder named him the program�s interim head coach. �He told me to do what we�ve always done,� said Lee, who takes over with the departure of Jessie Evans to the head post at the University of San Francisco. The 36-year-old Lee, the lone holdover to move from Marty Fletcher�s staff to join Evans in 1997, was unblinking in accepting the challenge. �From coach Fletcher to coach Evans, I�ve seen a lot of different things in the league (the Sun Belt Conference) and in college basketball,� Lee said. �I�ve matured a lot, and in my opinion, I�m ready for the position. �It feels good to know that Nelson has the confidence in me and respect for me to run the program for as long as this lasts. I�ll take the job and do to best job I can.� Schexnayder indicated that he had faith in Lee�s abilities to handle the program during the search, giving Lee a green light to schedule games and recruit players. The A.D. also said Lee would receive full consideration to remove the interim tag. �Without question,� Schexnayder said, �Robert Lee is a serious candidate. He�s a very, very, very strong candidate for the job.� Lee was the head basketball coach at Opelousas High from 1991-96 and guided the Tigers to four straight 20-win campaigns including a 29-5, state quarterfinal finish in his final year. His 1995 squad was 29-8 and his 1994 team finished 31-6 with a Top 28 appearance. After that successful stint at OHS (109-29), Lee was with Fletcher for a year before Evans took over. His resume� dovetails nicely with Schexnayder�s stated search criteria. �We�re looking for someone with college experience, with experience as a head coach, someone with ties to Louisiana and ties to the university,� Schexnayder said. �And, he added, we�re looking for someone who has been successful. Often that is an overriding consideration.� Schexnayder said he has already heard from 8-10 strong candidates, expects more and admitted that choosing the right coach � be that Lee or an outside pick � �is the hardest thing I have to do as an athletic director. �There�s always pressure when we name a new coach. We have high expectations here.� Lee, meanwhile, has high expectations for the current Cajuns in the classroom. �Our focus right now will be on the last two or three weeks of school, to make sure we finish the semester strong,� Lee said. �That�s our main concentration right now.� Lee, a President�s List and Dean�s List student as a Nicholls State undergraduate, expects his Ragin� Cajuns to get their academics in order. Orien Greene and Cedric Williams are currently under academic suspension, and the program has not had the best year of school performance. �Basically,� Lee said, �it comes down to those guys.� Eight of Evans� players have graduated, and three more are scheduled to earn their degrees this year. As for incoming signees Derek Gray of Jeanerette and Anthony Rhodman of Louisburg (N.C.) College, Lee said, �I don�t see (Evans� leaving) as a problem at all. We�ve got a great university here. It�s not only the coaching staff.� It is a coaching staff, and a program, under Lee�s guidance at the moment. How long that lasts is the next question.
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