Lee Burgess is in the midst of his fifth full season as an assistant coach at Samford University.

During the summer before the 2005-06 campaign, he was promoted to the team's second assistant position after handling the team's travel and film exchange duties for the previous two seasons. Burgess's current duties on the staff include scouting, on-court coaching and recruiting.

Assistant Coach Lee Burgess

In 2003, Burgess returned to his alma mater after serving as an assistant coach at both Huntingdon College and Berry College.

He was a member of the Samford basketball team for a total of four seasons (1996-2000) and competed for three seasons under the tutelage of head coach Jimmy Tillette.

As a freshman, Burgess played for former head coach John Brady and the Bulldogs finished with a 19-9 overall record. He was a member of Samford's NCAA Tournament teams in both 1998-99 and 1999-2000, and helped guide the team to a 78-39 overall record during his playing career.

Burgess played in 28 games during his career at Samford and connected on an impressive 30 percent of his 3-point attempts as a Bulldog.

Since graduating with a bachelor's of science degree in education, Burgess spent the 2001-02 season as an assistant coach under Tony Duckworth at Huntingdon College. In 2002-03, he moved to Berry College, where he served as the primary recruiting coordinator for Jeff Haarlow.

Burgess played at Trinity Presbyterian High School in Montgomery, Ala., and helped lead his team to both the conference championship and regional finals.

Burgess and his wife, the former Dawn Wyatt of Birmingham, were married Aug. 14, 2004.