Title: | Assistant Coach |
Phone: | 404-727-7847 |
Email: | lee.dobbins@emory.edu |
Lee Dobbins was named Emory assistant softball coach in July of
2011.
Dobbins owns a vast softball background and spent the 2010-11
campaign as an assistant coach at Division I University of
Tennessee at Chattanooga where he worked primarily with the
pitchers and catchers. This past year he helped the Lady Mocs
to an overall record of 44-14 that set a school single-season
record with a winning percentage of .759. Chattanooga won its
12 Southern Conference regular season championship, 11th SoCon
Tournament title and made the program’s eighth NCAA Regional
appearance where it advanced to the Tuscaloosa Regional final for
the first time in program history. Under his tutelage, closer
Kandice Irwin tied for first in saves in the NCAA with eight in
2011. It was her second straight year atop the country as she
posted 11 as a junior. In addition, SoCon Player of the Year
Michelle Fuzzard led the team with an 18-6 won-lost mark in the
circle. It was his third stint with the Mocs, starting as a
volunteer assistant in 2005 before returning for the 2006- 2007
school year as the director of softball operations. In
between those stops at UTC, Dobbins served as the head at Lander
University during the 2006 season.
“Lee Dobbins will be a tremendous addition to the Emory
program,” Siqueiros stated. “He brings a vast
amount of collegiate experience in all facets of the game. His
passion for instruction, experience with recruiting, detail towards
achieving excellence, and drive to win a national championship fit
very nicely into the scope of our program. I'm extremely pleased to
welcome Lee as our newly appointed assistant.”
During the 2008-09 and 2009-10 seasons, Dobbins was an assistant on
the Austin Peay State University staff where he handled recruiting
along with coaching the pitchers and catchers. In his first
year with the Lady Govs, the team’s ERA dropped from 5.75 to
3.59 while the mounds corps struck out an average of two more
batters per game.
Before landing the head coaching spot at Lander, Dobbins gained
experience as an assistant at Tusculum from 2003-04. He broke
into the collegiate ranks as a student assistant at Chattanooga
State Technical Community College in 1997 and also served at
Tennessee from 1999-2000.
“I am thrilled to be a part of the Emory Softball and the
university,” Dobbins said of his appointment. “To
be affiliated with not only a solid softball program but a school
and athletic department that truly exemplifies and
puts the "student" in student-athlete is
exciting. Coach Siqueiros has built a national
powerhouse at Emory and the prospect of helping the program
take another step toward the top is very appealing. Emory has all
the tools to be the top team in all of Division III and with
my experience I hope to be able to help make that a
reality.”
In addition to coaching, Dobbins also has served as the executive
director of the Ace Softball Inc. Fun-In-The-Sun Classic. The
Bradenton, Fla. tournament draws college teams from all NCAA
Divisions throughout the country during the spring.
Dobbins claims international experience as well, serving as the head coach of the 2006 Athletes International College Goodwill Team from Munich, Germany. Dobbins worked at the National Training Facility in Barcelona, Spain as a video consultant for the Spanish National Softball Team in 2002.
Lee is an active member of the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA). He has also served as camp instructor and camp director at several high-level college camps throughout the southeast over the past several years.
Dobbins obtained his bachelor's degree in communications from the University of Tennessee in 2002.