Belmont Names Lee Scott Director Of Sports Performance

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Lee Scott. Photo: Courtesy of Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

Belmont University has hired Lee Scott as Director of Sports Performance.

Scott spent the past nine years at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, and led the Islanders’ strength & conditioning program as Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Performance for the last seven.

“We are excited to welcome Lee and his family to Belmont,” says Renee Schultz, Senior Associate Athletic Director/Senior Woman Administrator. “Lee brings a wealth of experience in the sports performance field and will be instrumental in developing our student-athletes to maximize their athletic potential. Lee stood out during the interview process because he is a proven, collaborative leader who values whole-person formation in a Christ-centered environment.”

Scott was part of Texas A&M-Corpus Christi’s back-to-back Southland Conference Championships in men’s basketball, which included consecutive trips to the NCAA Tournament and victory in the 2023 First Four. The Islanders also claimed the 2023 Southland Conference All-Sports trophy for women’s sports, claiming championships in basketball, tennis and beach volleyball.

Prior to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Scott served as the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach at Texas A&M-Kingsville, overseeing strength & conditioning for the school’s 12 intercollegiate athletics teams. He designed and implemented programs for every team at Texas A&M-Kingsville, and helped the Javelinas pick up conference championships in baseball and men’s track in 2014. Additionally, the Texas A&M-Kingsville men’s track team finished fourth in the nation.

Previously, he worked at Houston’s Downtown Club at the Met as a group exercise instructor and personal trainer. In addition to his duties with the Downtown Club, Scott designed a plyometric and strength program for the John Lucas Camp in Houston. He also spent a year working as a group exercise instructor and personal trainer at the YMCA in Victoria, Texas.

His career began at Midwestern State University (MSU), where he earned his Master’s in exercise physiology. As a strength & conditioning graduate assistant, he crafted and carried out offseason conditioning programs for the MSU women’s basketball team. He also designed and implemented the walk-on/redshirt football program for the Mustangs and assisted in the strength & conditioning for football, men’s basketball and softball.

Scott was a student-athlete at Northwestern State University, serving as a placekicker for the Demon football program before ending his career at MSU. He won conference championships in 2004 and 2009 while twice leading the Lone Star Conference in kickoff coverage.

Following his collegiate career, Scott was one of four kickers chosen to participate in the National Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium. He also played semiprofessionally in the Arena League for the Houston Stallions and Corpus Christi Fury.

A native of Elgin, Texas, Scott now lives in Nashville with his wife Julie, and daughters Hattie and Sadie, due in October.

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