Randy Lee joined Polk State in January 2025.
As an athletics administrator, Lee has served in the capacity of collegiate athletics director twice, prep school athletic director, intramural director, and as an athletic fundraiser. He has also worked in education with 20 years of teaching experience.
Lee has three decades of basketball coaching experience, most recently as an assistant coach at Florida Southern College. Prior to that, he was the men’s basketball head coach at Southeastern University (SEU). Joining the Fire in 2015 as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator, Lee was elevated to head coach in 2022 before departing in 2024. While at SEU, Lee helped guide the program to five NAIA Tournament appearances, three regular season conference championships, and three conference tournament championships, including a Sweet 16 appearance as head coach.
Between his two stints at Southeastern, Lee was an assistant coach at Polk State College for the 2019-20 season, where he helped coach the Eagles to a 20-win season and an appearance in the national rankings.
As a NCAA Division I assistant coach, Lee spent time at Delaware State University, Towson University, the University of Maine, Centenary College, as well as the University of Miami as a graduate assistant. Lee initially got his collegiate start at Palm Beach Atlantic University.
Lee also served as interim head coach in women’s basketball at the University of Maine at Machias and as head cross country coach at both Palm Beach Atlantic and at Maine-Machias.
Lee earned bachelor's degrees from the University of South Carolina and Polk State and holds a master's in sports leadership from Virginia Commonwealth University and an MBA from Southeastern University.
