Dan Lee served as a Santa Clara volleyball volunteer assistant coach for two seasons from 2017-18. Lee’s primary responsibilities with the Broncos included scouting, video and data analytics.

The Broncos went 6-24 overall and 1-17 in WCC play in 2018. They won four of five matches early in the season from Aug. 25-31 to go to 4-2, but won just twice in their final 24 matches.

The early part of the 2017 campaign featured a landmark victory as Santa Clara downed No. 9 Kansas 3-2 on Sept. 15 in Leavey Center. The Jayhawks are the highest-ranked team Santa Clara has defeated at home in program history and the Broncos were the first unranked team to defeat Kansas since 2014. Santa Clara hit its stride during West Coast Conference play, winning six straight matches from Oct. 21-Nov. 11 to match its longest WCC winning streak since 2015. Kirsten Mead topped all WCC players with 1,232 assists for the year. The team finished the season at 15-15 overall and 8-10 in conference action.

Lee brought eight years of volleyball coaching experience to the Mission campus, including time with middle school, high school, and power league club teams.

Lee coached with Vision Volleyball Club (Los Gatos, California), where he has worked as an assistant and co-head coach for 12s, 13s and 14s. His Vision teams have qualified for the Girls Junior National Championships in three of the last five years. Lee was also an assistant varsity coach at Palo Alto High School. In 2016, the Vikings won the DeAnza League championship and took second place in the CCS Division I playoffs.

His playing experience includes three seasons at his alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania, from 1985-87. An outside hitter for the Quakers, Lee served as a team co-captain during his senior campaign in 1987. He spent 16 years with the NY Vikings Volleyball Club (9-man).

The New York native graduated from Penn in 1987 with a bachelor’s degree in systems science & engineering and earned a master’s degree in business administration from University of Chicago in 1993. His professional experience includes more than 30 years in a variety of fields: strategy, product management, user interface design, operations management, software/web development and system integration.

Lee and his wife, Ginny, reside in Palo Alto, California. They have a daughter, Jessica, and a son, Brian.

“I love the blend of high academic standards and high-level volleyball play,” Lee said upon his hiring. “Historically, the West Coast Conference is a very well-coached league. This is a great place to see and learn how to coach and execute the fundamentals of the game.”

COACHING HISTORY

Santa Clara University – Women’s Volunteer Assistant Coach – 2017-18

Palo Alto High School – Girls Varsity Assistant Coach – 2014-16 | Girls JV Assistant Coach – 2012-13

Jordan Middle School – Girls 8th Grade Head Coach – 2012 | Girls 7th Grade Head Coach – 2011 | Girls 6th Grade Assistant Coach – 2010

CLUB COACHING HISTORY

Vision Volleyball Club – Assistant/co-Head Coach – 2013-Present