No one has to tell Monte Lee how important the South Carolina Rivalry is.
“This rivalry is second to none in college baseball,” he said following his introductory press conference with the media on Monday as Clemson’s new baseball coach.
The Tigers’ third baseball coach in the last 58 years was born in South Carolina, raised in South Carolina and has lived his entire life in South Carolina. Plus he has already coached in the rivalry as an assistant coach at the University of South Carolina.
Lee served as Ray Tanner’s assistant for six years from 2003-’09.