Marty Lees - Assistant Coach - Recruiting Coordinator - Cowboy Baseball Coaches

Marty Lees

Title:
Assistant Coach - Recruiting Coordinator
Email:
marty.lees@okstate.edu
Phone:
(405) 744-7141

The Lees File
• 1988-90: Played at Lane Community College
• 1991-94: Played at Western Oregon
• 1994-98: Oakridge High School head coach
• 1994-98: Eugene Pepsi Challengers head coach
• 2000-03: Harrisburg High School head coach
• 2002-2009: Oregon State assistant coach
• 2009-2012: Oregon State associate head coach
• 2013-15: Oklahoma State assistant coach
• 2015-19: Washington State head coach

• In four seasons as Washington State head coach (2016-19), he coached eight All-Pac 12 honorees and 13 Major League Baseball Draft pics
• Guided the Cougars to the second-best fielding percentage in school history in 2018 (.977)
• Helped Oklahoma State land back-to-back recruiting classes ranked in the top five nationally in 2013 and 2014
• As Cowboys’ assistant from 2013-15, OSU made three NCAA Regional appearances, advanced to an NCAA Super Regional and won the program’s first-ever regular season Big 12 championship
• OSU’s fielding percentage improved in each of his three previous seasons in Stillwater, peaking at .975 in 2015
• Coached 13 Cowboy infielders who earned All-Big 12 honors from 2013-15
• Named one of the nation’s top 10 assistant coaches (No. 6) by Baseball America in Jan. 2013
• Spent 11 years on the coach staff at Oregon State and was the Beavers’ associate head coach from 2010-12
• Helped coach Oregon State to three-straight College World Series berths from 2005-07 that included back-to-back national championships in 2006 & 2007
• Served six years as the Oregon State recruiting coordinator and each of the Beavers’ signing classes during that span was ranked in the top 25 nationally
• Worked as Oregon State’s defensive coach for infielders and catchers
• Beavers twice set a school record with a .977 fielding percentage
• Oregon State ranked second in the NCAA with a .977 fielding percentage in 2007
• The Beavers ranked in the top 20 nationally in fielding percentage from 2007-09

Marty Lees returned to the Oklahoma State coaching staff in July 2019 as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for head coach Josh Holliday's program.

Lees served on the Cowboys' coaching staff from 2013-15 before spending four seasons as head coach at Washington State.

"We're excited to welcome Marty and his family back to Stillwater," Holliday said. "Marty's passion for development and a championship background is outstanding. Our players, both current and future, will benefit from his love for the game and his excitement to be back at Oklahoma State.

"Marty's expertise in developing outstanding infielders is well documented; he also excels in team offensive concepts and has been recognized for years as an elite recruiter. He was an instrumental part of Coach (Pat) Casey's staff at Oregon State as they built one of the premier programs in all of college baseball, and he had an immediate impact here at Oklahoma State when we arrived in 2012."

Lees' first stint in Stillwater was a successful one as OSU made NCAA Regional appearances all three years and in 2014 won the program's first Big 12 Conference regular season championship and advanced to an NCAA Super Regional.

During his previous tenure with the Cowboys, Lees helped OSU sign back-to-back recruiting classes in 2013 and 2014 that ranked in the top five nationally. As the primary coach for infielders, he instructed 13 Cowboy infielders who earned All-Big 12 honors, and OSU's fielding percentage improved each season, peaking at .975 in 2015.

"It's an honor to be back coaching baseball at Oklahoma State," Lees said. "I want to thank (OSU Director of Athletics) Mike Holder and Josh Holliday for their belief in me and my family to help continue the success of Cowboy Baseball. The investment that the school, donors and alumni have made in the new stadium is second to none, and we will be able to train players at an elite level. I am anxious to get back to work with Josh and Rob (Walton), two of the best people and baseball coaches I know."

After leaving Stillwater and taking over the program at Washington State, Lees coached eight All-Pac-12 honorees and 13 players who were selected in the Major League Baseball Draft, and he guided the 2018 Cougars to the second-best fielding percentage in school history (.977).

Lees' collegiate coaching career began and blossomed at Oregon State, where he spent 11 seasons on the Beavers' staff under head coach Pat Casey, including serving as the associate head coach from 2009-12.

During his time in Corvallis, Lees helped coach the Beavers to three-straight College World Series berths from 2005-07, and Oregon State won back-to-back national championships in 2006 and 2007.

Lees coached over 30 All-Pac-10/12 performers and 10 All-Americans while at Oregon State, and while working as the Beavers' defensive coach for infielders and catchers, they twice set school records in fielding percentage. During Lees' six seasons as recruiting coordinator, each of Oregon State's recruiting classes was ranked in the top 25 nationally.

"Congratulations to coach Holliday and the Oklahoma State baseball program on the return of coach Lees," Casey said "Coach Lees played a major role in the recruiting class that ended up in the 2016 College World Series, and I'm certain he will have an immediate impact on the program again. Marty has always been a top-notch infield instructor and will no doubt have the Cowboys ranked among the nation's best in fielding percentage. His long-time commitment to the game is a terrific match for the Cowboy baseball program and the rich history of success."

A native of Lakeview, Ore., Lees earned his bachelor's degree in physical education from Western Oregon in 1994. He and his wife, Kristy, have three sons — Brandon, Brady and Jake.