University of Mount Olive Women's Basketball

Lee became Mount Olive's head women's basketball coach in 2000 after spending her first two years at Mount Olive as assistant women's basketball coach and assistant cross country coach. She has also served as an instructor in the recreation and leisure studies department. In the 2015-16 campaign, Lee guided the Trojans to a 19-11 overall record and a 16-6 mark in Conference Carolinas play. Mount Olive earned the No. 2 seed in the Conference Carolinas Women's Basketball Tournament and advanced to the tournament semifinals. Despite suffering its first sub-.500 season in 10 years, Mount Olive reached the Championship Game of the Conference Carolinas Women's Basketball Tournament for the second straight year and the sixth time in the last eight years under Lee in 2014-15. The Trojans became the first-ever No. 7 seed to advance to the Championship Game of the women's basketball tournament. Lee guided Mount Olive to its second Conference Carolinas title in 2012-13 as the Trojans posted three consecutive tournament wins on the road against higher seeded teams. No. 5 seed Mount Olive upset top-seeded and nationally eighth-ranked Limestone College in the semifinals and defeated third-seeded Pfeiffer in the championship game. Jasmine McDonald, who pulled down a tournament record 45 rebounds in three games, was named Most Valuable Player. The Trojans earned their second trip to the NCAA Division II Tournament, facing nationally top-ranked Clayton State in the opening round. Lee has led the Trojans to 18 or more wins six times in the last eight years, including three 20-win seasons. The 2010-11 season saw Mount Olive make its first-ever national television appearance. The Trojans' game at Limestone was televised live by CBS Sports Network. In 2007-08, Mount Olive won the Conference Carolinas championship and earned a bid to the NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament for the first time in school history. The eighth-seeded Trojans stunned No. 1 seed and nationally 12th-ranked Indiana (Pa.) in the first round of the East Regional to advance to the regional semifinal. The Trojan women's basketball team became the first UMO athletics team in any sport to record a win in its first NCAA Tournament appearance. The Trojans set a single-season record for most wins (since Mount Olive became a four-year college in 1985) with a 23-8 record in 2008-09. The team's 14-game winning streak during the season remains a women's basketball school record. Prior to arriving at Mount Olive, Lee served as a graduate assistant women's basketball coach at Campbell University. She also coached basketball and softball at the high school level. Lee earned her undergraduate degree at Meredith College, majoring in biology with a minor in chemistry while earning her teaching certification. She earned her master's in community counseling at Campbell. While at Meredith, Lee was a member of the basketball and softball teams. She played basketball for Sammy Hatchell, husband of University of North Carolina head women's basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell. Lee is married to Billy Lee, who earned multiple Big South and Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Coach of the Year honors and guided Campbell to the 1992 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. He serves as an assistant coach for the UNC women's basketball team under Sylvia Hatchell. The couple has a dog named Maggie Mae. The Lee family are members of Angier Primitive Baptist Church in Angier, N.C. Advice to prospective student-athletes: "The best players that have been a part of the University of Mount Olive women's basketball program have been the ones who truly love to compete at their highest level every day. They are the ones who we all remember as the teammate that approached every practice just as though it was a conference game and every possession as though it was the game-winning play of the National Championship. Those are the kind of players we want at Mount Olive. Ultimately, a true University of Mount Olive women's basketball player is one who understands that 'it isn't hard to be good from time to time, what is tough is being good every day.'" Year-By-Year Record Updated August 8, 2016

A graduate of the university, Matthew Snyder enters his first season as assistant coach at Mount Olive. Snyder returned to UMO during the 2022-23 campaign as a graduate assistant and aided with the development of a pair of all-conference selections, including the 2023 Conference Carolinas Freshman of the Year Laila Anderson. He also assisted with on-court skill groups, scouting, and recruiting for the Trojans. Last season, the Trojans posted a 15-15 overall record and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Conference Carolinas Tournament. UMO leads the league with turnovers per game (22.19) while ranking second in three-point defense (27.3). Additionally, Mount Olive finished second in the conference with 12.9 assists per game while shooting 40.4 percent from the field. Before rejoining UMO, Snyder served two seasons as a graduate assistant coach at LaGrange College and mentored a duo of first-team all-conference honorees in Jahpera McEachin and Gracie Brunel. During the 2021-22 campaign, the Panthers registered a 15-10 record with a 10-5 mark in conference play while advancing to the USA South Tournament quarterfinals. In his first year with the program, LaGrange produced an eight-game winning streak in a shortened-spring basketball season. Snyder worked two seasons as a student assistant with the University of Mount Olive men's basketball team from 2018-20. He helped the program with on-court skill sessions, statistical analysis, and travel arrangements. Snyder also produced scouting reports for the women’s basketball team. He was a men’s basketball camp instructor at the University of Maryland in 2019 and worked as a camp counselor for the men’s basketball program at Campbell University from 2016-19. Additionally, Snyder served as a manager for the Fighting Camels for two seasons. He completed his bachelor’s degree in recreation and leisure studies from the University of Mount Olive in 2020.